τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
praecepto: āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to prescribe often: praeceptat, in Saliari carmine est saepe praecipit, Fest. p. 205 Müll.
præceptō, āre, fréq. de præcipio : Fest. 205.