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măgistrātus (noun M) : (contr. form:
* Magistras primus,Inscr. Orell. 3798), m.magister, the office or rank of a magister, a magisterial office, civil office, magistracy.
* Lit.: honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates,Cic. Lael. 17, 63: magistratūs mandare,id. Mur 35, 74: dare,id. Agr. 2, 10, 26: alicui committere,id. Planc. 25, 61: magistratum habere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137: obtinere,to hold, administer,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: ingredi,to enter upon,Sall. J. 47: magistratu abire,to resign,Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: se abdicare,Dig. 1, 2, 2: deponere,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: in magistratu manere,to remain in office,Liv. 5, 11: esse,id. 5, 28: aliquid gerere in magistratu,Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: hoc mihi deposco, quod agam in magistratu,Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36: lex est generale jussum populi aut plebis, rogante magistratu, Att. Cap. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 2.—There were two kinds of civil offices in Rome, magistratus extraordinarii and ordinarii. To the former belonged the dictators, the magistri equitum, the duumviri perduellionis, the quaestores rerum capitalium, the triumviri mensarii, etc. The latter were divided into the majores: the consulate, praetorship, and censorship; and the minores, to which belonged the aediles, the quaestors, the tribuni plebis, the triumviri, etc. Besides these, there were magistratus patricii, which, at first, were filled by patricians; and, on the other hand, magistratus plebeii, which were filled from the plebs; curules, who had the privilege of using the sella curulis, namely, the consuls, censors, praetors, and aediles curules. On the distinction between magistratus majores and minores, v. esp. Gell. 13, 15, 4; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 157.
* Esp.
* Transf., a magistrate, public functionary: quae vox (magistratus) duabus significationibus notatur. Nam aut personam ipsam demonstrat, ut cum dicimus: magistratus jussit; aut honorem, ut cum dicimus: Tito magistratus datus est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll.: est proprium munus magistratūs, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis,Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124; Sall. J. 19: seditiosi,id. ib. 73: creare magistratus,Liv. 5, 17: his enim magistratibus legati Romam venerunt, in their consulate, Nep. Hann. 7: inter filium magistratum et patrem privatum,Gell. 2, 2.
* Of military commands: erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed omnes, qui in magistratu erant, auctoritate anteibat,Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.
* Esp., sing. collect., the body of magistrates, the municipal administration (cf. Gr. ἀρχή = ἄρχοντες; not in Cic.): ad magistratum senatumque Lacedaemoniorum,Nep. Them. 7. 4; id. Lys. 4, 3; id. Epam. 4, 3.
* Magistras primus,Inscr. Orell. 3798), m.magister, the office or rank of a magister, a magisterial office, civil office, magistracy.
* Lit.: honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates,Cic. Lael. 17, 63: magistratūs mandare,id. Mur 35, 74: dare,id. Agr. 2, 10, 26: alicui committere,id. Planc. 25, 61: magistratum habere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137: obtinere,to hold, administer,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: ingredi,to enter upon,Sall. J. 47: magistratu abire,to resign,Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: se abdicare,Dig. 1, 2, 2: deponere,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: in magistratu manere,to remain in office,Liv. 5, 11: esse,id. 5, 28: aliquid gerere in magistratu,Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 47: hoc mihi deposco, quod agam in magistratu,Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36: lex est generale jussum populi aut plebis, rogante magistratu, Att. Cap. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 2.—There were two kinds of civil offices in Rome, magistratus extraordinarii and ordinarii. To the former belonged the dictators, the magistri equitum, the duumviri perduellionis, the quaestores rerum capitalium, the triumviri mensarii, etc. The latter were divided into the majores: the consulate, praetorship, and censorship; and the minores, to which belonged the aediles, the quaestors, the tribuni plebis, the triumviri, etc. Besides these, there were magistratus patricii, which, at first, were filled by patricians; and, on the other hand, magistratus plebeii, which were filled from the plebs; curules, who had the privilege of using the sella curulis, namely, the consuls, censors, praetors, and aediles curules. On the distinction between magistratus majores and minores, v. esp. Gell. 13, 15, 4; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 157.
* Esp.
* Transf., a magistrate, public functionary: quae vox (magistratus) duabus significationibus notatur. Nam aut personam ipsam demonstrat, ut cum dicimus: magistratus jussit; aut honorem, ut cum dicimus: Tito magistratus datus est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 126 Müll.: est proprium munus magistratūs, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis,Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124; Sall. J. 19: seditiosi,id. ib. 73: creare magistratus,Liv. 5, 17: his enim magistratibus legati Romam venerunt, in their consulate, Nep. Hann. 7: inter filium magistratum et patrem privatum,Gell. 2, 2.
* Of military commands: erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed omnes, qui in magistratu erant, auctoritate anteibat,Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.
* Esp., sing. collect., the body of magistrates, the municipal administration (cf. Gr. ἀρχή = ἄρχοντες; not in Cic.): ad magistratum senatumque Lacedaemoniorum,Nep. Them. 7. 4; id. Lys. 4, 3; id. Epam. 4, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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