prō-consul | prō consŭle (noun M) : (also separately, ; v. pro, II. B. 2.; and abbreviated, procos.)
* One who at the close of his consulship in Rome became governor of a province, or military commander under a governor; a proconsul, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76: Domitium proconsulem arcessivit, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 902 P.: agendas pro praetoribus, prove consulibus grates,Tac. A. 15, 22: L. Manilius Procos.,Caes. B. G. 3, 20.
* Transf., of an ex-proetor made governor of a province: (Gellius) cum pro consule ex praeturā in Graeciam venisset,Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53; Liv. 37, 46.
* Under the emperors, who shared the provinces with the Senate, a governor in one of the provinces of the Senate, Suet. Aug. 47; Gai. Inst. 4, 139.
* Of municipal officers, Vulg. Act. 19, 38.

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