Consul
From TTT
English-Latin
consul. (ˈkon.sul) n.
Latin-English
cons|ul, -ŭlis. (ˈkon.sul) masc.
- A consul; one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman republic.
Loci
- αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 9.6:
| Hic numerus est hominum milia triginta et consules duo et tribuni pl. et senatores qui fuerunt cum eo omnes cum uxoribus et liberis. | This is the tally: thirty thousand men, two consuls, the plebeian tribunes and the senators who were with him, all of them with their wives and children. |
- βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 4.1:
| legem consules conscripserunt qua Pompeio per quinquennium omnis potestas rei frumentariae toto orbe terrarum daretur | The consuls drew up a law by which Pompey was given, for five years, full control over affairs pertaining to grain all over the world. |
- γʹ Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.9:
| Postea, cum tu Hispaniam citeriorem cum imperio obtineres neque res publica consules haberet, sed mercatores provinciarum et seditionum servos ac ministros. | Afterwards, while you held imperium in Hither Spain, the Republic would not have consuls, but men who traffic in provinces, the slaves and servants of seditiousness. |
