"praeceptor" meaning in Latin

See praeceptor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /prae̯ˈkep.tor/ [Classical-Latin], [präe̯ˈkɛpt̪ɔr] [Classical-Latin], /preˈt͡ʃep.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [preˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From praecipiō + -tor. Etymology templates: {{af|la|praecipiō|-tor}} praecipiō + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|praeceptor<3>}} praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|praeceptor<3>}} Forms: praeceptōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], praeceptor [nominative, singular], praeceptōrēs [nominative, plural], praeceptōris [genitive, singular], praeceptōrum [genitive, plural], praeceptōrī [dative, singular], praeceptōribus [dative, plural], praeceptōrem [accusative, singular], praeceptōrēs [accusative, plural], praeceptōre [ablative, singular], praeceptōribus [ablative, plural], praeceptor [singular, vocative], praeceptōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: magister
    Sense id: en-praeceptor-la-noun-QMS~V3gR Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. commander, ruler Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-praeceptor-la-noun-44QMu2Y9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 54 46

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "preceptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "précepteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: précepteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: précepteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Präzeptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Präzeptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Präzeptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ceptaŕ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "precettore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: precettore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: precettore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "preceptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "preceptor"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "perceptor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: perceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: perceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "percepto",
            "3": "percipiente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: percepto, percipiente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: percepto, percipiente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praecipiō",
        "3": "-tor"
      },
      "expansion": "praecipiō + -tor",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From praecipiō + -tor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "praeceptor<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "praeceptor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor"
      ],
      "id": "en-praeceptor-la-noun-QMS~V3gR",
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "instructor",
          "instructor"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ],
        [
          "preceptor",
          "preceptor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "magister"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commander, ruler"
      ],
      "id": "en-praeceptor-la-noun-44QMu2Y9",
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prae̯ˈkep.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[präe̯ˈkɛpt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/preˈt͡ʃep.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[preˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "praeceptor"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Occupations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "preceptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "précepteur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: précepteur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: précepteur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Präzeptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Präzeptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Präzeptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "ceptaŕ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "precettore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: precettore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: precettore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "preceptor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "preceptor"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: preceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: preceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "perceptor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: perceptor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: perceptor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "percepto",
            "3": "percipiente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: percepto, percipiente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: percepto, percipiente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praecipiō",
        "3": "-tor"
      },
      "expansion": "praecipiō + -tor",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From praecipiō + -tor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "praeceptor<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "praeceptor m (genitive praeceptōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "praeceptor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "instructor",
          "instructor"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ],
        [
          "preceptor",
          "preceptor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "magister"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commander, ruler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/prae̯ˈkep.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[präe̯ˈkɛpt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/preˈt͡ʃep.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[preˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "praeceptor"
}

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