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Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Propaedeutus

English translation:

preliminary/elementary instructor

Added to glossary by Lota
Sep 3, 2015 19:46
8 yrs ago
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Latin term

Propaedeutus

Latin to English Art/Literary Law (general)
a name for an academic function on a law school diploma. Under this name there is the appropriate signature. The diploma also contains the signature of deans.

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 preliminary/elementary instructor

Discussion

Jennifer White Sep 5, 2015:
Don't think so. I think it would be dangerous to assume anything other than what is said. It is quite possible that some sort of foundation work was done, as is common in universities here and I think Joseph's answer is the correct one.
Veronika McLaren Sep 5, 2015:
Perhaps it can be extended to mean "mentor" even during later studies.
Lota (asker) Sep 4, 2015:
more thoughts on this... I agree with Joseph about the form and about the meaning. But is it not quite strange to have a signature of such an instructor on a diploma of a well-known European university - right next to the Dean's signature and the Rector's and the Registrar's. Clearly, there was one more than such an instructor in the courses that lead to a Bachelor of Law (or a Juris Doctor, really) degree. I find it rather peculiar, don't you?
Jennifer White Sep 3, 2015:
propaedeutic? http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/propaed...

Proposed translations

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preliminary/elementary instructor

The correct form is 'propaedeuticus' (> 'propaedeia', 'preparatory education').

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2015-09-05 14:25:41 GMT)
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Propaedeuticus, as rendered above, certainly seems to suit the context, although I cannot find an instance of it used of an academic administrator. My suspicion is that it is here a synonym for Promotor, which title Wikipaedia defines thusç

Promotor (Dutch, Belgian, or German academia), a full professor of a Dutch, Flanders, or German university who formally promotes a PhD candidate to doctor, and is (formally) the principal supervisor during the doctoral research.
Peer comment(s):
agree Jennifer White : see my comment.
1 day 13 hrs
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