decretio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcernō (“decide, determine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkreː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈkreːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkret.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈkrɛt̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēcrētiō f (genitive dēcrētiōnis); third declension

1. A decision, decree.

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcrētiō	dēcrētiōnēs
Genitive	dēcrētiōnis	dēcrētiōnum
Dative	dēcrētiōnī	dēcrētiōnibus
Accusative	dēcrētiōnem	dēcrētiōnēs
Ablative	dēcrētiōne	dēcrētiōnibus
Vocative	dēcrētiō	dēcrētiōnēs

Synonyms

• (decision, decree): dēcrētum

Related terms

• dēcernō
• dēcrētālis
• dēcrētōrius
• dēcrētum
• dēcrētus

References

• “decretio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decretio 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)
• decretio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• decretio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016