precepts to

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

dicto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [2. dico], to say often; to pronounce, declare, or assert repeatedly.

In gen. (very rare):

rogarem te, ut diceres pro me tu idem, qui illis orationem dictavisses,

Cic. Fin. 4, 22 fin.:

mercemur servum qui dictet nomina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 50; cf. Gell. 4, 1, 2.—Far more freq. and class.,

In partic.

To dictate to one for writing:

quod non modo Tironi dictare, sed ne ipse quidem audere scribere,

Cic. Att. 13, 9; 7, 13 b. fin.; 2, 23; Quint. 2, 4, 12; 10, 3, 18; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 49 et saep. So of the dictating of teachers (common for want of books):

memini quae mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 71; cf. id. Sat. 1, 10, 75.—

Transf. As the practice of dictating came, in the course of time, to be very general (v. Gesner upon Quint. 10, 3, 18), dictare, since the Aug. per., acquired the signif. to express in written language, make, compose:

elegidia,

Pers. 1, 52; so,

ducentos versus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 10: carmina (for which, shortly before and after, scribere), id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

codicillos,

to draw up, make, Suet. Tib. 22; cf.

testamentum,

id. Ner. 32;

hence also, summas,

i. e. to dispose of by will, Dig. 32, 95; and in the pass.:

non unus tibi rivalis dictabitur heres,

appointed, designated, Juv. 6, 218; so,

actionem,

to draw up a declaration, Suet. Rhet. 2;

and among jurists in gen.,

to bring an action, go to law, Dig. 15, 1, 50; also,

judicium,

ib. 9, 4, 22; 49, 9, 3 al.—

To prescribe, recommend, order, dictate (cf. 2. dico, no. I. B. 10;

in this sense the primitive of dictator, although no ante-Aug. examples occur): sportulam,

Quint. 11, 3, 131: dictataque jurant Sacramenta deis, Sil. 10, 448.—

Transf., of abstract subjects:

ita videtur ratio dictare,

Quint. 3, 4, 11; cf. Dig. 1, 2, § 11:

quibus sordet omne, quod natura dictavit,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 26; so with acc., id. 1, 3, 16; 2, 15, 6; Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 20.—Hence, dictāta, ōrum, n. (acc. to no. II. A.).

Things dictated by the master to his scholars, i. e. lessons, exercises, rules, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; id. Fin. 4, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26; id. Tusc. 2, 11, 96; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 55; 1, 18, 13; Pers. 1, 29 al.—Also, in gen.,

Precepts, rules, e. g. for gladiators, Suet. Caes. 26;

for mimes,

Juv. 5, 122.

justĭtĭa, ae, f. [justus], justice, equity, righteousness, uprightness:

quae animi affectio suum cuique tribuens, atque hanc quam dico, societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque tuens, justitia dicitur, cui sunt adjunctae pietas, bonitas, liberalitas, benignitas, comitas, quaeque sunt generis ejusdem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique tribuendi,

Just. Inst. 1, 1, 1:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas, creditis in rebus fides... nominatur,

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 78:

ordinata erat in duodecim tabulis tota justitia,

the whole of the laws, Flor. 1, 24.—Personified: Justĭtĭa, the goddess of justice, Gell. 14, 4, 3.—

Esp., righteousness, holiness, conduct in accordance with the divine law, Vulg. Gen. 15, 6; id. Rom. 9, 31 et saep.—

Clemency, compassion, Caes. B. G. 5, 41 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 32; so Cic. Marcell. 4:

ut meae stultitiae justitia tua sit aliquid praesidi,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33.—

Concr., plur., judgments, precepts, ordinances:

Domini,

Vulg. Psa. 18, 9; id. Deut. 4, 5 al.

justĭtĭa, ae, f. [justus], justice, equity, righteousness, uprightness:

quae animi affectio suum cuique tribuens, atque hanc quam dico, societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque tuens, justitia dicitur, cui sunt adjunctae pietas, bonitas, liberalitas, benignitas, comitas, quaeque sunt generis ejusdem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique tribuendi,

Just. Inst. 1, 1, 1:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas, creditis in rebus fides... nominatur,

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 78:

ordinata erat in duodecim tabulis tota justitia,

the whole of the laws, Flor. 1, 24.—Personified: Justĭtĭa, the goddess of justice, Gell. 14, 4, 3.—

Esp., righteousness, holiness, conduct in accordance with the divine law, Vulg. Gen. 15, 6; id. Rom. 9, 31 et saep.—

Clemency, compassion, Caes. B. G. 5, 41 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 32; so Cic. Marcell. 4:

ut meae stultitiae justitia tua sit aliquid praesidi,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33.—

Concr., plur., judgments, precepts, ordinances:

Domini,

Vulg. Psa. 18, 9; id. Deut. 4, 5 al.

mos, mōris, m. [etym. dub.; perh. root ma-, measure; cf.: maturus, matutinus; prop., a measuring or guiding rule of life; hence], manner, custom, way, usage, practice, fashion, wont, as determined not by the laws, but by men's will and pleasure, humor, self-will, caprice (class.; cf.: consuetudo, usus).

Lit.:

opsequens oboediensque'st mori atque imperiis patris,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 54:

huncine erat aequum ex illius more, an illum ex hujus vivere?

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24: alieno more vivendum est mihi, according to the will or humor of another, id. And. 1, 1, 125:

nonne fuit levius dominae pervincere mores,

Prop. 1, 17, 15: morem alicui gerere, to do the will of a person, to humor, gratify, obey him:

sic decet morem geras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17:

animo morem gessero,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 17:

adulescenti morem gestum oportuit,

id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; v. gero.—

The will as a rule for action, custom, usage, practice, wont, habit:

leges mori serviunt,

usage, custom, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 36:

legi morique parendum est,

Cic. Univ. 11:

ibam forte Viā Sacrā, sicut meus est mos,

custom, wont, Hor. S. 1, 9, 1:

contra morem consuetudinemque civilem,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

quae vero more agentur institutisque civilibus,

according to usage, according to custom, id. ib.:

mos est hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere,

id. Brut. 21, 84:

ut mos est,

Juv. 6, 392;

moris erat quondam servare, etc.,

id. 11, 83:

more sinistro,

by a perverted custom, id. 2, 87.— So with ut:

morem traditum a patribus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 27, 11, 10:

hunc morem servare, ut, etc.,

id. 32, 34, 5:

virginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram,

it is the custom, they are accustomed, Verg. A. 1, 336:

qui istic mos est?

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 1:

mos ita rogandi,

Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1:

ut mos fuit Bithyniae regibus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: moris est, it is the custom:

negavit, moris esse Graecorum, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Vell. 2, 37, 5:

quae moris Graecorum non sint,

Liv. 36, 28, 4; cf.:

(aliquid) satis ex more Graecorum factum,

id. 36, 28, 5:

ut Domitiano moris erat,

Tac. Agr. 39.— Plur.:

id quoque morum Tiberii erat,

Tac. A. 1, 80:

praeter civium morem,

contrary to custom, to usage, Ter. And. 5, 3, 9: sine more, unwonted, unparalleled:

facinus sine more,

Stat. Th. 1, 238; so,

nullo more,

id. ib. 7, 135:

supra morem: terra supra morem densa,

unusually, Verg. G. 2, 227 (cf.:

supra modum): perducere aliquid in morem,

to make into a custom, make customary, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162:

quod jam in morem venerat, ut, etc.,

had become customary, Liv. 42, 21, 7.—

In partic., in a moral point of view, conduct, behavior; in plur., manners, morals, character; in a good or bad sense:

est ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

manners, Cic. Fam. 12, 27, 1:

suavissimi mores,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, 6: boni, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 254, 8.—Prov.:

corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 33:

justi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184:

severi et pudici,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106:

sanctissimi,

Plin. Ep. 10, 20, 3: feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. [p. 1168] Am. 13, 38:

totam vitam, naturam moresque alicujus cognoscere,

character, id. ib. 38, 109:

eos esse M'. Curii mores, eamque probitatem, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

mores disciplinamque alicujus imitari,

id. Deiot. 10, 28:

perditi,

id. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

praefectura morum,

the supervision of the public morals, Suet. Caes. 76:

moribus et caelum patuit,

to good morals, virtue, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 101:

amator meretricis mores sibi emit auro et purpurā,

polite behavior, complaisance, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 128:

propitiis, si per mores nostros liceret, diis,

i. e. our evil way of life, Tac. H. 3, 72:

morum quoque filius,

like his father in character, Juv. 14, 52:

ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum, leno ego sum,

i. e. my trade, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 6:

in publicis moribus,

Suet. Tib. 33; 42.—

Transf.

Quality, nature, manner; mode, fashion:

haec meretrix fecit, ut mos est meretricius,

Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 8:

mores siderum,

qualities, properties, Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 206:

caeli,

Verg. G. 1, 51:

Carneadeo more et modo disputare,

manner, Cic. Univ. 1:

si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

in the usual manner, id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

Graeco more bibere,

id. ib. 1, 26, 66:

apis Matinae More modoque,

after the manner of, like, Hor. C. 4, 2, 27:

Dardanius torrentis aquae vel turbinis atri More furens,

Verg. A. 10, 604:

more novalium,

Col. 3, 13, 4:

caeli et anni mores,

Col. 1, Praef. 23:

omnium more,

Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 3; so,

ad morem actionum,

Quint. 4, 1, 43:

elabitur anguis in morem fluminis,

like, Verg. G. 1, 245:

in hunc operis morem,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 63:

pecudum in morem,

Flor. 3, 8, 6:

morem vestis tenere,

mode, fashion, Just. 1, 2, 3.—

A precept, law, rule ( poet. and postAug.):

moresque viris et moenia ponet,

precepts, laws, Verg. A. 1, 264; cf.:

pacis inponere morem,

id. ib. 6, 852:

quod moribus eorum interdici non poterat,

Nep. Ham. 3:

quid ferri duritiā pugnacius? sed cedit, et patitur mores,

submits to laws, obeys, is tamed, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 127:

ut leo mores Accepit,

Stat. Ach. 2, 183:

in morem tonsa coma, = ex more ludi,

Verg. A. 5, 556.

ob-tempĕro ( opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.).

With dat.:

te audi, tibi obtempera,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

alicui obtemperare et parere,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

imperio populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

voluntati alicujus,

id. B. C. 1, 35:

auctoritati senatūs,

id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.:

naturae,

Suet. Tib. 59:

qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,

who conforms to his own precepts, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis,

they will regard you, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70.—

With ad:

ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52.—

With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.):

non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,

do not mind what he says, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293:

quae dico,

id. Most. 2, 2, 89. —

Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133:

si mihi esset obtemperatum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. steph. 2, 112.

ob-tempĕro ( opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.).

With dat.:

te audi, tibi obtempera,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

alicui obtemperare et parere,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

imperio populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

voluntati alicujus,

id. B. C. 1, 35:

auctoritati senatūs,

id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.:

naturae,

Suet. Tib. 59:

qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,

who conforms to his own precepts, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis,

they will regard you, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70.—

With ad:

ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52.—

With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.):

non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,

do not mind what he says, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293:

quae dico,

id. Most. 2, 2, 89. —

Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133:

si mihi esset obtemperatum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. steph. 2, 112.

prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advance (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: anticipo, praeoccupo).

Lit.

In gen., Lucr. 6, 1050:

nisi aquam praecepimus ante,

id. 6, 804:

a publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

aliquantum viae,

to get the start somewhat, Liv. 36, 19:

longius spatium fugā,

id. 22, 41 fin.:

iter,

id. 3, 46:

Piraeeum quinqueremibus,

to preoccupy, id. 32, 16, 5: mons a Lusitanis praeceptus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 3:

si lac praeceperit aestus,

i. e. have previously dried up, Verg. E. 3, 98.—

In partic., in jurid. lang, to receive (esp. an inheritance or bequest) in advance, Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 4:

si heres centum praecipere jussus sit,

Dig. 30, 122; so ib. 36, 1, 63:

quantitatem dotis,

ib. 17, 2, 81:

dotem,

ib. 10, 2, 46:

per praeceptionem hoc modo legamus: Lucius Titius hominem Stichum praecipito,

Gai. Inst. 2, 216. —

Trop.

In gen., to take or obtain in advance, to anticipate:

aliquantum ad fugam temporis Syphax et Hasdrubal praeceperunt,

gained some advantage in time, Liv. 30, 8 fin.:

tempus,

id. 1, 7:

celeres neu praecipe Parcas,

do not hasten in advance of, do not anticipate, Stat. Th. 8, 328; so,

veneno fata praecepit,

Flor. 3, 9, 4: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51; cf. Liv. 45, 1, 1:

jam animo victoriam praecipiebant,

figured to themselves beforehand, Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Liv. 10, 26:

spe jam praecipit hostem,

Verg. A. 11, 491: praecipere cogitatione futura, to conjecture or imagine beforehand, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81:

omnia,

Verg. A. 6, 105; cf.:

haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat,

had already suspected, Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

sed alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen,

Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2.—

In partic., to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order, etc. (syn.:

mando, impero, doceo): vilici officia, quae dominus praecepit,

Cato, R. R. 142:

Philocomasio id praecipiendum est, ut sciat,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 92:

quoi numquam unam rem me licet semel praecipere,

id. As. 2, 4, 15:

quae ego tibi praecipio, ea facito,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

docui, monui, bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6:

quicquid praecipies, esto brevis,

Hor. A. P. 335:

de eloquentiā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:

de agriculturā,

Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 201:

alicui aliquid praecipere,

Cic. Mur. 2, 4: glossemata nobis, Asin. Gall. ap. Suet. Gram. 22:

numerumque modumque carinis Praecipiant,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

cantus lugubres,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

artem nandi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 486:

humanitatem,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2, etc.:

mitem animum et mores modicis erroribus aequos Praecipit,

enjoins, recommends, Juv. 14, 16.—With inf.:

justitia praecipit, parcere omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; so,

paeoniam praecipiunt eruere noctu,

Plin. 25, 4, 10, § 29:

codicillos aperiri testator praecepit,

Dig. 31, 1, 89.—With ut:

illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 16, 60:

recte etiam praecipi potest in amicitiis, ne, etc.,

id. ib. 20, 75:

consulentibus Pythia praecepit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 1, 3.—With subj. alone:

praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent Indutiomarum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

his praecepit, omnes mortales pecuniā aggrediantur,

Sall. J. 28, 1.—With acc. and inf.:

etiam scelere convictos nonnisi ad opus damnari praeceperat,

Suet. Ner. 31:

D. Claudius edicto praecepit,

decreed, commanded, Dig. 48, 10, 15. —As subst.: praecĭpĭens, entis, m., a teacher, Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

jam prope consummata fuerit praecipientis opera,

Quint. 2, 6, 6:

in numero praecipientium,

id. 2, 3, 5.—Hence, praeceptum, i, n. (acc. to II. B.), a maxim, rule, precept; an order, direction, command, bidding; an injunction, etc. (class.):

quo praecepto ab iis diligentissime observato,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

sine praecepto ullius suā sponte struebatur acies,

Liv. 9, 31:

transvectae praecepto ducis alae,

Tac. Agr. 37:

hoc praeceptum patet latius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

hoc praeceptum officii diligenter tenendum est,

id. Off. 2, 14, 51.—In plur.:

tuis monitig praeceptisque,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

in quam (partem) praecepta nobis danda sunt,

id. Inv. 2, 17, 53; 2, 34, 105:

abundare praeceptis philosophiae,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1:

dare praecepta dicendi,

id. Brut. 76, 273; cf.

studiosis dicendi praecepta tradere,

id. Or. 41, 141:

deūm praecepta secuti,

orders, commands, Verg. G. 4, 448:

sine vi non ulla dabit (Nereus) praecepta,

id. ib. 4, 398.

prae-ĕo (sometimes written in inscrr. with one e, PRAERAT, etc.), īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre, v. n. and a., to go before, lead the way, precede (syn.: praegredior, antecedo).

Lit.

Neutr.:

ut consulibus lictores praeirent,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:

domino praeire,

Stat. Th. 6, 519:

Laevinus Romam praeivit,

Liv. 26, 27 fin.:

praetor dictus, qui praeiret jure et exercitu,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 80 Müll.; cf.:

in re militari praetor dictus, qui praeiret exercitui,

id. ib. 5, 16, §

87 ib.: praeeunte carinā,

Verg. A. 5, 186; Ov. F. 1, 81.—

Act.:

per avia ac derupta praeibat eum,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

ludos Circenses eburna effigies (Germanici) praeiret,

id. ib. 2, 83.—

Trop.

In gen., to go before, precede (rare but class.).

Neutr.:

naturā praeeunte,

Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58.—

Act.:

acto raptim agmine, ut famam sui praeiret,

to outstrip, Tac. A. 15, 4.—

In partic., a relig. and publicist's t. t., to precede one in reciting a formula (as of prayer, consecration, an oath, etc.), i. e. to repeat first, to dictate any thing (the predom. signif. of the word); constr. most freq. with aliquid ( alicui), and less freq. with verbis, voce, or absol.

Aliquid ( alicui):

praei verba, quibus me pro legionibus devoveam,

Liv. 8, 9, 4:

aedem Concordiae dedicavit, coactusque pontifex maximus verba praeire,

to dictate the formula of consecration, id. 9, 46, 6; cf. id. 4, 21, 5; 5, 41, 3; 10, 28, 14:

praeeuntibus exsecrabile carmen sacerdotibus,

id. 31, 17:

sacramentum,

Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 74:

obsecrationem,

Suet. Claud. 22:

cum scriba ex publicis tabulis sollemne ei praecationis carmen praeiret,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 10.—

Praeire verbis:

praei verbis quid vis,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 48.—

Absol., with dat. of the person:

praeivimus commilitonibus jusjurandum more sollemni praestantibus,

Plin. Ep. 10,52 (60):

de scripto praeire,

to read before, Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:

ades, Luculle, Servili, dum dedico domum Ciceronis, ut mihi praeeatis,

Cic. Dom. 52, 133.—

Transf., apart from technical lang., to recite, read, sing, or play before one (rare but class.):

ut vobis voce praeirent, quid judicaretis,

Cic. Mil. 2, 3:

si legentibus singulis praeire semper ipsi velint,

wish to read before, Quint. 2, 5, 3; 1, 2, 12; and:

praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce,

id. 1, 10, 16:

tibiam Caio Graccho cum populo agenti praeisse ac praemonstrasse modulos ferunt,

Gell. 1, 11, 10.—

In partic., to lead the way, by orders, directions, precepts:

omnia, uti decemviri praeierunt, facta,

Liv. 43, 13 fin. (cf. praefor):

si de omni quoque officio judicis praeire tibi me vis,

Gell. 14, 2, 12.—Hence, praeiens, Part., going before; as subst.: praeiens, euntis, m., he who precedes another, as a precentor or leader:

lectio non omnis nec semper praeeunte eget,

Quint. 1, 2, 12.