edictum

Latin

Etymology

From ēdīcō (“I declare, announce, decree”), from ex (“out of, from”) + dīcō (“say, affirm, tell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈdik.tum/, [eːˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdik.tum/, [eˈd̪ikt̪um]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēdictum	ēdicta
Genitive	ēdictī	ēdictōrum
Dative	ēdictō	ēdictīs
Accusative	ēdictum	ēdicta
Ablative	ēdictō	ēdictīs
Vocative	ēdictum	ēdicta

Derived terms

• ēdictālis

Participle

edictum

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

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

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’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)
    
• “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