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praeceptum precept
praeceptum is a Latin Noun that primarily means precept.
Definitions for praeceptum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
precept
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A piece of advice, teaching, precept.
- 2
An instruction, order (not always distinguishable from sense 1).
- 3
A principle, rule.
Sentences with praeceptum
Latin to English
Ab exordio generis humani, quicumque in eum crediderunt, eumque utcumque intellexerunt, et secundum eius praecepta pie iusteque vixerunt, quandolibet et ubilibet fuerint, pro eo procul dubio salvi facti sunt. [Epistulae, 102, 12]Compare From the beginning of mankind, those who believed in Him (Christ) and knew Him in any way, and lived a pious and just life according to His precepts, wherever and whenever they may have been, were beyond doubt saved by Him.
Iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.Compare The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly. to injure no one, and to give everyone his due.
Instrue praeceptis animum, ne discere cessa; nam sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago.Compare Furnish your mind with precepts, never stop learning; for life without learning is but an image of death.
In omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam, experimenta.Compare There is no subjects in which, as a rule, practice is not more valuable than precept.
Os tenerum pueri balbumque poeta figurat, torquet ab obscenis iam nunc sermonibus aurem, mox etiam pectus praeceptis format amicis, asperitatis et invidiae corrector et irae.Compare It is the poet that gives form to the child's utterance while it is still tender and lisping. He gives the ear a bias from the first against coarse ways of speaking. Presently he molds the heart also with kindly teaching. correcting roughness and envy and anger.
Meus praeceptum et consilium obtempero praestans tu civis et singularis consul praebeo.Compare By obeying my precepts and advice, you will show yourself a most excellent citizen and an exemplary consul.
Declension table for praeceptum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | praeceptum | praecepta |
| Gen. | praeceptī | praeceptōrum |
| Dat. | praeceptō | praeceptīs |
| Acc. | praeceptum | praecepta |
| Abl. | praeceptō | praeceptīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 484.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1422.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
Bibliography
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "praeceptum, praeceptī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 3, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/praeceptum-praecepti.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 484.on page 484
