Usage examples (29)

• Cicero, who was praetor that year (the praetor was the magistrate next in rank to the consul), defended Cluentius, and told his client's whole story.
• The status quo account of zilχ, for instance, is that it's the word for 'praetor' and thus an animate noun.
• Now perhaps zil simply means something to the effect of "to put in power" however the above inscription does not indicate a noun meaning "praetor".
• But Sulla hoped to be elected praetor in a year's time.