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praeceptor

praeceptor

See also: præceptor

Latin

Noun

praeceptor m ‎(genitive praeceptōris); third declension

teacher, instructor, preceptor
commander, ruler

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	praeceptor	praeceptōrēs
genitive	praeceptōris	praeceptōrum
dative	praeceptōrī	praeceptōribus
accusative	praeceptōrem	praeceptōrēs
ablative	praeceptōre	praeceptōribus
vocative	praeceptor	praeceptōrēs

Descendants

English: preceptor
French: précepteur
Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ

References

praeceptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
praeceptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
PRAECEPTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praeceptor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.