praefecti

praefecti is a Latin form of praeficio, meaning “put in charge of, place in command (+acc. and dat.); (praefectus) commander, prefect”.

It can also be a form of praefectus, “commander, prefect, officer in charge”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or perfect passive participle genitive singular masculine or perfect passive participle genitive singular neuter or perfect passive participle nominative plural masculine.

Found 87 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.76.3: Coactis equitum VIII milibus et peditum circiter CCL haec in Aeduorum finibus recensebantur, numerusque inibatur, praefecti constituebantur.

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 15.8.2: Verba haec, quae adposuimus, Favoni sunt: Praefecti popinae atque luxuriae negant cenam lautam esse, nisi cum lubentissime edis, tum auferatur et alia esca melio …

All forms of praeficio (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.