Lexicographical Neighbors of Praefect
Literary usage of Praefect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Augustus occasionally appointed a city praefect to represent him in his absence
from Italy, although the praetors or even one of the consuls remained in the ..."
2. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1903)
"Dionysia complied with his instructions, but not Sarapion ; and after waiting
some time in vain, she petitioned the praefect Flavius Titianus to give her ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"1 From these words, the praefect gathered that the speaker was also a Christian,
... But is it probable, that a Christian would thus address the praefect, ..."
4. Graeco-Roman Memoirs by Egypt Exploration Society (1903)
"Dionysia complied with his instructions, but not Sarapion ; and after waiting
some time in vain, she petitioned the praefect Flavius Titianus to give her ..."
5. The Letters of Cassiodorus: Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae by Cassiodorus, Thomas Hodgkin (1886)
"You have not complained to us in vain that the Promises Praetorian praefect [perhaps
again Faustus] is venting a private grudge against you under colour of ..."
6. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... the praefect in charge of school. OSTLER, subs, (old).—I. An oat- stealer ;
and (2) in America, a horse-thief.—MATSELL (1859). OTTER, subs, (common). ..."
7. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"To Colne-side, hath sent Aulus, Roman knights, With Gaulish horse ; in Caesar's
name, commanding The praefect, ..."
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