praeceperat

praeceperat is a Latin form of praecipio, meaning “instruct, order; take beforehand”. It is the 3rd person singular pluperfect active indicative.

Found 26 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.9.1: At Caesar biduum in his locis moratus, quod haec de Vercingetorige usu ventura opinione praeceperat, per causam supplementi equitatusque cogendi ab exercitu discedit; Brutum adulescentem his copiis praeficit;

All forms of praecipio (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.