edictum
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ēdīcō (“I declare, announce, decree”), from ex (“out of, from”) + dīcō (“say, affirm, tell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈdik.tum/, [eːˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈdik.tum/, [eˈd̪ikt̪um]
Noun
[edit]ēdictum n (genitive ēdictī); second declension
- A proclamation, ordinance, edict, decree or manifesto by a magistrate.
- The public announcement of the praetor or other senior magistrate, in which he states, on entering upon his office, the rules by which he will be guided in administering justice; inaugural address.
- (by extension) An order, command, edict.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ēdictum | ēdicta |
genitive | ēdictī | ēdictōrum |
dative | ēdictō | ēdictīs |
accusative | ēdictum | ēdicta |
ablative | ēdictō | ēdictīs |
vocative | ēdictum | ēdicta |
Derived terms
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[edit]Participle
[edit]edictum
- inflection of edictus:
References
[edit]- “edictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “edictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- edictum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- edictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to publish, post up an edict: edictum proponere (Att. 2. 21. 4)
- to publish, post up an edict: edictum proponere (Att. 2. 21. 4)
- “edictum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “edictum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin