praeceptivus
ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται, ἐν τῷ Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν → but be enslaved to each other through love; for the whole Torah is fulfilled in one statement: You will love your neighbor as yourself (Galatians 5:13f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praeceptīvus: a, um, adj. praecipio,
I preceptive, didactic (post-Aug.): pars philosophiae, quam Graeci παραινετικήν vocant, nos praeceptivam dicimus, Sen. Ep. 95, 1: portemus praeceptivo modo dicens, in the preceptive, hortatory mode, Tert. Res. Carn. 49; Ambros. Vid. 12, 73; id. in Luc. 6, 90.—Hence, adv.: praeceptīvē, preceptively, didactically (eccl. Lat.): portemus inquit, non portabimus, praeceptive, non promissive, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præceptīvus,¹⁵ a, um (præcipio), qui enseigne, didactique : Sen. Ep. 95, 1 ; Tert. Res. 49.
