Latin

Verb

praeficiō ‎(present infinitive praeficere, perfect active praefēcī, supine praefectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I place in command.

Inflection

Derived terms

• praefectus

References

• praeficio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praeficio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praeficio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
    
  • to place some one at the head of an army, give him the command: praeficere aliquem exercitui
    
  • to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo