praecipio

From prae- +‎ capiō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈki.pi.oː/, [präe̯ˈkɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [preˈt͡ʃiːpio]

praecipiō (present infinitive praecipere, perfect active praecēpī, supine praeceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to take or seize beforehand, in advance
2. to anticipate

   Synonyms: anteeō, occupō

3. to enjoin, direct, order, command

   Synonyms: imperō, praescrībō, ēdīcō, mandō, iniungō, dictō, iubeō, indīcō, pōnō

4. to teach, instruct, advise, inform, warn

   Synonyms: admoneō, moneō, condicō, praedīcō, dēlīberō

Used with the accusative (cf. Georges 1913).

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• praeceptiō
• praeceptor
• praeceptus
• praecipuus

• “praecipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praecipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praecipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to form a conception of a thing beforehand: animo, cogitatione aliquid praecipere (Off 1. 23. 81)
    
  • to inculcate good (bad) principles: bene (male) praecipere alicui
    
  • that Greek proverb contains an excellent lesson: bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur
    
  • to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
    
  • to consider oneself already victor: victoriam praecipere (animo) (Liv. 10. 26)