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praecepit

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

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 62: immo inquit cum servi ad dominam rem totam et maleficium Caeli detulissent, mulier ingeniosa praecepit his ut omnia Caelio pollicerentur; sed ut venenum, cum a Licinio traderetur, manifesto comprehendi posset, co …

Lucan, Civil War 2.691: Praecepit sociis. Iam coeperat ultima Virgo

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.