praeceptor

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Latin

Noun

praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension

  1. teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor
    Synonym: magister
  2. commander, ruler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praeceptor praeceptōrēs
Genitive praeceptōris praeceptōrum
Dative praeceptōrī praeceptōribus
Accusative praeceptōrem praeceptōrēs
Ablative praeceptōre praeceptōribus
Vocative praeceptor praeceptōrēs

Descendants

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.
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