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praefectis

praefectis 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 ablative plural masculine noun or perfect passive participle dative plural masculine or perfect passive participle dative plural feminine.

Found 53 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.39.2: Hic primum ortus est a tribunis militum, praefectis, reliquisque qui ex urbe amicitiae causa Caesarem secuti non magnum in re militari usum habebant:

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.