pandectes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.dɛkt/

Noun

pandectes f

1. plural of pandecte

Latin

Alternative forms

• pandecta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πανδέκτης (pandéktēs, “all-receiver, encyclopedia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /panˈdek.teːs/, [pän̪ˈd̪ɛkt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /panˈdek.tes/, [pän̪ˈd̪ɛkt̪es]

Noun

pandectēs m (genitive pandectae); first declension

1. A book that contains everything, encyclopedia.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	pandectēs	pandectae
genitive	pandectae	pandectārum
dative	pandectae	pandectīs
accusative	pandectēn	pandectās
ablative	pandectē	pandectīs
vocative	pandectē	pandectae

Synonyms

• encyclopaedīa

Descendants

• English: pandect
• German: Pandekten
• French: pandecte
• Italian: pandetta
• Sicilian: pannetta

References

• “pandectes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pandectes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.