praescriptio

== Latin == === Etymology === From praescrībō + -tiō. === Noun === praescrīptiō f (genitive praescrīptiōnis); third declension preface, introduction, commencement pretext, excuse, pretence precept, order, rule, law ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “praescriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praescriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "praescriptio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “praescriptio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “praescriptio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers praescriptio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “praescriptio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin