praeceptor (noun M) : id..
* One who seizes beforehand, an anticipator (postclass.): servilium praeceptor operum (al. praereptor, al. praecerptor),Paul. Nol. Ep. 23, n. 4.
* A commander, ruler (postclass.), Gell. 1, 13, 8.
* A teacher, instructor, preceptor (class.): praeceptor tuus, qui te hanc fallaciam docuit,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 96: vivendi atque dicendi,Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57: praeceptor et auctor omnium consiliorum totiusque vitae,id. Phil. 2, 6, 14: fortitudinis,id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: philosophiae,Nep. Epam. 2, 2: recti bonique,Petr. 88: ut praeceptori verborum regula constet,Juv. 7, 230.—Of Christ: Jesu praeceptor, miserere nostri,Vulg. Luc. 17, 13 al.: nostri praeceptores putant,our authorities,Gai. Inst. 2, 219; 3, 87 et saep.

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