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praeturam

praeturam is a Latin form of praetura, meaning “praetorship”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of praetorqueo, “twist round”.

Found 58 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.23: … monstrat qua iste oratione usus esset; commemorasse istum quam liberaliter eos tractasset iam antea, cum ipse praeturam petisset, et proxumis consularibus praetoriisque comitiis; deinde continuo esse pollicitum quantam vellent pe …

All forms of praetura (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.