general (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dux, dŭcis, c.2. impĕrātor (commander-in-chief3. praetor (obsol.), whence adj. prateōrius, belonging to a (Roman) g. • general (subs.): 1. dux, dŭcis, c.: a great g., magnus d., Liv.: a consummate g., summus d., Cic.: to appoint a g. to an army, praeficere d. exercitui, Cic. 2. impĕrātor (commander-in-chief: cf. Cic. Off. 3, 26, ad fin., duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio, imperatore autem patre Hannibalis Hamilcare): the duties of a lieutenant are different from those of a g. in chief, aliae sunt legati partes, aliae imperatoris, Caes. B. C. 3, 51: a wise and sagacious g., sapiens et callidus i., Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58: a first-rate g., summus i., Cic. Hence, belonging to a g. (in chief), imperatorius: the labours of a g., labor imperatorius, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62. 3. praetor (obsol.), whence adj. prateōrius, belonging to a (Roman) g.: the g.'s tent, praetorium (sc. tabernaculum), Caes.: Liv.: the g.'s body-guard, praetoria cohors: v. Dr. Smith's Dict. Ant. s. v. praetoriani. Phr.: to be g., exercitui praeesse (v. to command): to appoint any one g., aliquem exercitui praeficere, praeponere (v. to appoint, I., 5, 6).