praecipio

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Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ capiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to take or seize beforehand, in advance
  2. to anticipate
    Synonyms: anteeō, occupō
  3. to enjoin, direct, order, command
    Synonyms: imperō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, indīcō, pōnō
  4. to teach, instruct, advise, inform, warn
    Synonyms: admoneō, moneō, condicō, praedīcō, dēlīberō

Usage notes

Used with the accusative (cf. Georges 1913).

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praecipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecipiō praecipis praecipit praecipimus praecipitis praecipiunt
imperfect praecipiēbam praecipiēbās praecipiēbat praecipiēbāmus praecipiēbātis praecipiēbant
future praecipiam praecipiēs praecipiet praecipiēmus praecipiētis praecipient
perfect praecēpī praecēpistī praecēpit praecēpimus praecēpistis praecēpērunt,
praecēpēre
pluperfect praecēperam praecēperās praecēperat praecēperāmus praecēperātis praecēperant
future perfect praecēperō praecēperis praecēperit praecēperimus praecēperitis praecēperint
passive present praecipior praeciperis,
praecipere 		praecipitur praecipimur praecipiminī praecipiuntur
imperfect praecipiēbar praecipiēbāris,
praecipiēbāre 		praecipiēbātur praecipiēbāmur praecipiēbāminī praecipiēbantur
future praecipiar praecipiēris,
praecipiēre 		praecipiētur praecipiēmur praecipiēminī praecipientur
perfect praeceptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praeceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praeceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praecipiam praecipiās praecipiat praecipiāmus praecipiātis praecipiant
imperfect praeciperem praeciperēs praeciperet praeciperēmus praeciperētis praeciperent
perfect praecēperim praecēperīs praecēperit praecēperīmus praecēperītis praecēperint
pluperfect praecēpissem praecēpissēs praecēpisset praecēpissēmus praecēpissētis praecēpissent
passive present praecipiar praecipiāris,
praecipiāre 		praecipiātur praecipiāmur praecipiāminī praecipiantur
imperfect praeciperer praeciperēris,
praeciperēre 		praeciperētur praeciperēmur praeciperēminī praeciperentur
perfect praeceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praeceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praecipe — — praecipite —
future — praecipitō praecipitō — praecipitōte praecipiuntō
passive present — praecipere — — praecipiminī —
future — praecipitor praecipitor — — praecipiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praecipere praecēpisse praeceptūrum esse praecipī praeceptum esse praeceptum īrī
participles praecipiēns — praeceptūrus — praeceptus praecipiendus,
praecipiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praecipiendī praecipiendō praecipiendum praecipiendō praeceptum praeceptū

Derived terms

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
  • praecipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)
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