单词 | suffete |
释义 | suffeten. Ancient History. One of the supreme executive magistrates of the ancient republic of Carthage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in ancient republic of Carthage suffete1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 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. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 25 The Suffetes at Carthage. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 441/2 The judges [in Israel] seem to have been somewhat analogous to the Carthaginian suffetes. 1884 A. H. Sayce Anc. Empires East 210 In time the monarchy disappeared altogether, its place being supplied by suffetes or ‘judges’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1600 |
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