praeceptor

praeceptor, ōris, m. [id.].

I.

One who seizes beforehand, an anticipator (postclass.):

servilium praeceptor operum (al. praereptor, al. praecerptor),

Paul. Nol. Ep. 23, n. 4.—

II.

A commander, ruler (postclass.), Gell. 1, 13, 8.—

III.

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.