instruction Copy link Outline I. Education1. instĭtūtio (ourse of training)2. ēdŭcātio, ērŭdītio, etc.3. praeceptum (that which is conveyed as instruction)II. Authoritative command1. mandātum2. praeceptum (less freq. in this sense)3. oft. expr. by praecipio = praescribo, to give instructions4. praescriptum • instruction: I. Education: 1. instĭtūtio (ourse of training): youthful i., puerilis i., Cic. de Or. 2, init.: Suet. 2. ēdŭcātio, ērŭdītio, etc.: v. education. 3. praeceptum (that which is conveyed as instruction): v. lesson. (Or expr. by verb: to attend to the i. of one's children, *suis liberis erudiendis atque docendis operam dare: to give i. in any art, de aliqua re praecipere: v. to instruct.) II. Authoritative command: 1. mandātum: v. charge (III.). 2. praeceptum (less freq. in this sense): in accordance with Cicero's i.s, ex praecepto Ciceronis, Sall. Cat. 44, init. (= sicuti praeceptum erat, ib. 45): so, juxta praeceptum, Just. 2, 12, fin. 3. oft. expr. by praecipio = praescribo, to give instructions: to give i.s to each severally, unicuique praecipere, Auct. B. Afr. 8 cf. supr. (II., 2); to instruct (II.). 4. praescriptum: to follow one's i.s in everything, omnia agere ad praescriptum, Caes. B. C. 3, 51: Liv.