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praecipio
prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advanc...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
praecipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere
prae+capio, to take beforehand, get in advance : ab publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat, had borrowed in advance , Cs.: aliquantum viae, get something of a start , L.: Piraeeum quinqueremibus, preoccupy , L.: si lac praeceperit aestus, i. e. have dried up , V.: praecipitur seges, ripens prematurely , O.—Fig., to take in advance, obtain beforehand, anticipate : alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen, I will not anticipate : ut ne multi ante praeciperent oculis quam populusR., got an earlier view : famā prius praecepta res, anticipated by rumor , L.: aliquantum ad fugam temporis, gain some advantage in time , L.: tempore illi praecepto, by priority , L.: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance : iam animo victoriam praecipiebant, figured to themselves beforehand , Cs.: cogitatione futura, to imagine beforehand : omnia, V.: quod haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat, had already suspected , Cs.— To give rules, advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach, enjoin, direct, bid, order : bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia, T.: Quicquid praecipies, esto brevis, H.: de eloquentiā: artem nandi, O.: Mitem animum, recommend , Iu.: haec illi: numerum modumque carinis, prescribe , V.: parcere omnibus: ceteras (sarcinas) incendi, Cu.: an ratio parum praecipit, nec bonum illud esse, nec, etc., teaches : illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.: Caesar praecepit vobis, ne sibi adsentiremini: praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent, Cs.: eis adgrediantur, etc., S.
prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advanc...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.