praeceptor

See also: præceptor

Latin

Etymology

From praecipiō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈkɛp.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈt͡ʃɛp.t̪or]

Noun

praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension

1. teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor

   Synonym: magister

2. commander, ruler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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
• → German: Präzeptor
  • → Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ
• → Italian: precettore
• → Polish: preceptor
• Romanian: preceptor
• Spanish: perceptor
  • Spanish: percepto, percipiente

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praeceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.