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praefecturam

praefecturam 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 praefectura, “command; office of praefectus”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or future active participle accusative singular feminine.

Found 41 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 7.5.3: … etiam, quod familiam ducit in iure civili singulari memoria, summa scientia. huic ego neque tribunatum neque praefecturam neque ullius benefici certum nomen peto, benevolentiam tuam et liberalitatem peto neque impedio quo minus, si …

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.