superintendent Copy link Outline 1. praefectus (any controlling officer)2. cūrātor (one who has the charge of)3. prōcūrātor (for another person)4. expr. to be s., by praeesse, praepositus esse, etc. • superintendent: 1. praefectus (any controlling officer): s. of the corn-market, rei frumentariae (annonae) pr., Tac. A. 11, 31: s. of the engineers, pr. fabrum, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: v. governor. 2. cūrātor (one who has the charge of): s.s (the aediles) of the city and the corn-market, c. urbis annonaeque, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: s. of the Aemilian Way, c. viae Aemiliae, id. Att. 1, 1: cf. id. Verr. 2, 59, 144, c. qui statuis faciendis praeesset. 3. prōcūrātor (for another person): v. manager, agent. 4. expr. to be s., by praeesse, praepositus esse, etc.: v. to superintend, manage. [N.B.--By no means superintendens, which is a needless barbarism.]