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suffete Antiq.|ˈsʌfiːt| [ad. L. suffes, sūfes, -et-, of Phœnician origin (cf. Heb. shōphēt judge). Cf. F. suffète.] One of the supreme executive magistrates of the ancient republic of Carthage.
1600Holland Livy xxx. vii. 743 All men thought verily that Scipio would..lay siege unto Carthage: whereupon their Suffetes (who are the Consuls as it were, of the citie) called the Senate. 1701Swift Contests Nobles & Comm. Wks. 1755 II. i. 25 The suffetes at Carthage. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 441/2 The judges [in Israel] seem to have been somewhat analogous to the Carthaginian suffetes. 1884Sayce Anc. Emp. East 210 In time the monarchy disappeared altogether, its place being supplied by suffetes or ‘judges’. |