benedictus
See also: Benedictus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of benedīcō (“I speak well (of)”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈdik.tus/, [bɛnɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈdik.tus/, [beneˈd̪ikt̪us]
Noun edit
benedictus m (genitive benedictī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a blessed person
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | benedictus | benedictī |
Genitive | benedictī | benedictōrum |
Dative | benedictō | benedictīs |
Accusative | benedictum | benedictōs |
Ablative | benedictō | benedictīs |
Vocative | benedicte | benedictī |
Participle edit
benedictus (feminine benedicta, neuter benedictum); first/second-declension participle
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed, having been blessed
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | benedictus | benedicta | benedictum | benedictī | benedictae | benedicta | |
Genitive | benedictī | benedictae | benedictī | benedictōrum | benedictārum | benedictōrum | |
Dative | benedictō | benedictō | benedictīs | ||||
Accusative | benedictum | benedictam | benedictum | benedictōs | benedictās | benedicta | |
Ablative | benedictō | benedictā | benedictō | benedictīs | |||
Vocative | benedicte | benedicta | benedictum | benedictī | benedictae | benedicta |
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- benedictus 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)