"praeceptor" meaning in Latin

See praeceptor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [prae̯ˈkɛp.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [preˈt͡ʃɛp.tor] (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 Synonyms: magister
    Sense id: en-praeceptor-la-noun-QMS~V3gR 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, Occupations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Occupations: 45 55
  2. commander, ruler Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-praeceptor-la-noun-44QMu2Y9 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, Occupations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Occupations: 45 55

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "précepteur"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "lang_code": "dsb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ceptaŕ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Präzeptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "precettore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "percepto"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "percipiente"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "perceptor"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "instructor",
          "instructor"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ],
        [
          "preceptor",
          "preceptor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "magister"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commander, ruler"
      ],
      "id": "en-praeceptor-la-noun-44QMu2Y9",
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[prae̯ˈkɛp.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[preˈt͡ʃɛp.tor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "praeceptor"
}
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    "Latin lemmas",
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    "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "précepteur"
    },
    {
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          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "lang_code": "dsb",
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "ceptaŕ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Präzeptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "precettore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "preceptor"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "percepto"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "percipiente"
        }
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      "word": "perceptor"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From praecipiō + -tor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praeceptōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "praeceptor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor"
      ],
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          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ],
        [
          "instructor",
          "instructor"
        ],
        [
          "tutor",
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        [
          "preceptor",
          "preceptor"
        ]
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        "masculine"
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    {
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        "commander, ruler"
      ],
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          "commander",
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        ],
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          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[prae̯ˈkɛp.tɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[preˈt͡ʃɛp.tor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "praeceptor"
}

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