verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation
praeficiō
praeficiō (present infinitive praeficere, perfect active praefēcī, supine praefectum)
Classical[prae̯ˈfɪ.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[preˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]
Meaning
- to place in command, put in charge
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praeficiō | praeficiēbam | praeficiam | praefēcī | praefēceram | praefēcerō |
| 2nd sg. | praeficis | praeficiēbās | praeficiēs | praefēcistī | praefēcerās | praefēceris |
| 3rd sg. | praeficit | praeficiēbat | praeficiet | praefēcit | praefēcerat | praefēcerit |
| 1st pl. | praeficimus | praeficiēbāmus | praeficiēmus | praefēcimus | praefēcerāmus | praefēcerimus |
| 2nd pl. | praeficitis | praeficiēbātis | praeficiētis | praefēcistis | praefēcerātis | praefēceritis |
| 3rd pl. | praeficiunt | praeficiēbant | praeficient | praefēcērunt praefēcēre | praefēcerant | praefēcerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praeficiam | praeficerem | praefēcerim | praefēcissem |
| 2nd sg. | praeficiās | praeficerēs | praefēcerīs | praefēcissēs |
| 3rd sg. | praeficiat | praeficeret | praefēcerit | praefēcisset |
| 1st pl. | praeficiāmus | praeficerēmus | praefēcerīmus | praefēcissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | praeficiātis | praeficerētis | praefēcerītis | praefēcissētis |
| 3rd pl. | praeficiant | praeficerent | praefēcerint | praefēcissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praeficior | praeficiēbar | praeficiar |
| 2nd sg. | praeficeris praeficere | praeficiēbāris praeficiēbāre | praeficiēris praeficiēre |
| 3rd sg. | praeficitur | praeficiēbātur | praeficiētur |
| 1st pl. | praeficimur | praeficiēbāmur | praeficiēmur |
| 2nd pl. | praeficiminī | praeficiēbāminī | praeficiēminī |
| 3rd pl. | praeficiuntur | praeficiēbantur | praeficientur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | praeficiar | praeficerer |
| 2nd sg. | praeficiāris praeficiāre | praeficerēris praeficerēre |
| 3rd sg. | praeficiātur | praeficerētur |
| 1st pl. | praeficiāmur | praeficerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | praeficiāminī | praeficerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | praeficiantur | praeficerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | praefice | praeficere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | praeficite | praeficiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | praeficitō | praeficitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | praeficitō | praeficitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | praeficitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | praeficiuntō | praeficiuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | praeficere | praeficī |
| perfect infinitive | praefēcisse | praefectum esse |
| future infinitive | praefectūrum esse | praefectum īrī |
| present participle | praeficiēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | praefectus |
| future participle | praefectūrus praefectūra, praefectūrā, praefectūrae, praefectūram, praefectūrārum, praefectūrās, praefectūre, praefectūrī, praefectūrīs, praefectūrō, praefectūrōrum, praefectūrōs, praefectūrum | praeficiendus praeficiundus, praeficienda, praeficiendā, praeficiendae, praeficiendam, praeficiendārum, praeficiendās, praeficiende, praeficiendīs, praeficiendōrum, praeficiendōs |
gerundpraeficiendī, praeficiendō, praeficiendumsupinepraefectum, praefectū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- praeficere aliquem exercitui
- to place some one at the head of an army, give him the command.
- praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
- to charge some one with the conduct of a war.
- muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
- to appoint some one to an office.
prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. facio,
I. to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.
I. Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:
praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25: praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen, id. Cas. 1, 1, 17: aliquem pecori, Cic. Planc. 25, 62: certum magistratum alicui procurationi, id. Leg. 2, 26, 66: imperatorem bello, id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49: tantis rebus, id. ib. 10, 27: legatos legionibus, Caes. B. G. 5, 24: pontifices sacris, Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26: aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27: libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis, Tac. A. 6, 8: aliquem provinciae, id. ib. 13, 46; 2, 4: aliquem classi, Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.: lucis Avernis, Verg. A. 6, 118: Juno sacris praefecta maritis, Ov. H. 12, 87: in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat, had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —II. Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.
A. In gen.:
gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22: villae, Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.: tu (censor) es praefectus moribus, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.: praefectus morum, Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2: nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur, Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30: cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc., Nep. Eum. 11, 1: his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum, Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—B. In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:
praefectus aerarii or aerario, a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091; 3169: castrorum or castris, an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10: classis, an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596; who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet, Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906; in the free towns and colonies, a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1; called also simply praefectus, Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf. cohortium, Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9: praefectus regis or regius, a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11: praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors, a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.: vigilum or vigilibus, a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929: Aegypti, the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so, Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae, Nep. Dat. 2, 5: Alpium, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
praeficiō fēcī, fectus, ere
prae+facio, to set over, place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to command : alquem Asiae: imperatorem bello: his (legionibus) legatos, Cs.: pontifices sacris: te lucis Avernis, V.: Iuno sacris praefecta maritis, O.: in eo exercitu fratrem, give him a command : locus, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, i. e. regard as the province of divination : aliquem procuratorem.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinpraeficiō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin praeficiō From prae- (“before”) + faciō (“do, make”).
In English words that came into English from praeficiō
- prefectpraefectus