praeceptor

See also: præceptor

Latin

Noun

praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension

1. teacher, instructor, preceptor
2. 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “praeceptor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “praeceptor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)