praetorian Copy link Outline 1. praetōrius (relating to the praetor or his office)2. praetōriānus (relating to the commander's body-guard, cohors praetoria) • praetorian: 1. praetōrius (relating to the praetor or his office): p. office, p. potes as, Cic. Man. 24, 69: p. cohort (i. e. the commander's body-guard), p. cohors, Caes. B. G. 1, 40. 2. praetōriānus (relating to the commander's body-guard, cohors praetoria): the p. cohorts, p. cohortes, Plin. 9, 6, 5: Tac.: Suet. In pl., praetoriani, the p. guards Suet. Tib. 25. Commander of the p. guards, praefectus praetorio, Tac. H. 1, 13 (but also, p. praetorianarum cohortium), Suet. Tit. 4, etc.