office
Magistratus
magistrate
also: magistratus, magistrate, magistrates
The general Roman term for an elected officer of the state; book 3 defines the magistrate as a speaking law and lays out the whole structure of the magistracies.
Reading notes
- On the Laws §3.2 a speaking law
Cicero's definition of the magistrate: ``a magistrate is a speaking law, and the law a silent magistrate.'' As the laws preside over the magistrates, so the magistrates preside over the people.
Mentioned in 66 works (193 mentions)
On Invention
For Publius Quinctius
For Sextus Roscius of Ameria
For Marcus Tullius
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book II
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III
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