praeceptivus
τίς Ἑλλὰς ἢ βάρβαρος ἢ τῶν προπάροιθ' εὐγενετᾶν ἕτερος ἔτλα κακῶν τοσῶνδ' αἵματος ἁμερίου τοιάδ' ἄχεα φανερά → what woman Greek or foreign or what other scion of ancient nobility has endured of mortal bloodshed's woes so many, such manifest pains
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
praeceptīvus, a, um (praecipio), vorschriftlich, vorschreibend (als Übersetzung von παραινετικός), Sen. ep. 95, 1. Tert. de res. carn. 49. Ambros. de vid. 12. § 73; in Luc. 6. § 90. Isid. orig. 2, 21, 22.
