praeceptum
Latin
Etymology
From praecipio.
Noun
praeceptum n (genitive praeceptī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praeceptum | praecepta |
| Genitive | praeceptī | praeceptōrum |
| Dative | praeceptō | praeceptīs |
| Accusative | praeceptum | praecepta |
| Ablative | praeceptō | praeceptīs |
| Vocative | praeceptum | praecepta |
Descendants
References
- “praeceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeceptum 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)
- praeceptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give advice, directions, about a matter: praecepta dare, tradere de aliqua re
- to be well acquainted with the views of philosophers: praecepta philosophorum (penitus) percepta habere
- to teach logic: disserendi praecepta tradere
- theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
- to systematise: ad rationem, ad artem et praecepta revocare aliquid (De Or. 1. 41)
- to treat with scientific exactness; to classify: ad rationis praecepta accommodare aliquid
- the rules of art; aesthetics: artis praecepta, or also simply ars
- to teach rhetoric: dicendi praecepta tradere
- the rules of speech, grammar: praecepta grammaticorum
- moral precepts: praecepta de moribus or de virtute
- to give moral advice, rules of conduct: morum praecepta tradere alicui
- to give advice, directions, about a matter: praecepta dare, tradere de aliqua re