Latin

Verb

praecipiō ‎(present infinitive praecipere, perfect active praecēpī, supine praeceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I take or seize beforehand, in advance.
2. I anticipate.
3. I enjoin, direct, order, command.
4. I teach, instruct, advise, inform.

Usage notes

Used with the dative.

Inflection

Descendants

• English: precept

References

• praecipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praecipio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praecipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to form a conception of a thing beforehand: animo, cogitatione aliquid praecipere (Off 1. 23. 81)
    
  • to inculcate good (bad) principles: bene (male) praecipere alicui
    
  • that Greek proverb contains an excellent lesson: bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur
    
  • to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
    
  • to consider oneself already victor: victoriam praecipere (animo) (Liv. 10. 26)