edictum

Latin

Etymology

Nominalization of the neuter forms of ēdictus, perfect passive participle of ēdīcō (“to declare, announce, decree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eːˈdɪk.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈdik.tum]

Noun

ēdictum n (genitive ēdictī); second declension

1. a proclamation, ordinance, edict, decree or manifesto by a magistrate

   Synonyms: iussus, ēdictiō, praeceptum, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium

2. 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
3. (by extension) an order, command, edict

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ēdictum	ēdicta
genitive	ēdictī	ēdictōrum
dative	ēdictō	ēdictīs
accusative	ēdictum	ēdicta
ablative	ēdictō	ēdictīs
vocative	ēdictum	ēdicta

Derived terms

• ēdictālis

Related terms

• ēdīcō
• ēdictiō
• ēdictō

Descendants

• Catalan: edicte
• English: edict
• French: édit
• German: Edikt
• Greek: έδικτο (édikto)
  • Byzantine Greek: ἔδικτον (édikton)
• Italian: editto
• Portuguese: edito
• Romanian: edict
• Russian: эдикт (edikt)
• Spanish: edicto

Participle

edictum

1. inflection of edictus:
   1. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “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, 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)
    
• “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