delictum

Latin

Etymology

From dēlinquō (“fail, be wanting”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈlik.tum/, [d̪eːˈlʲɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈlik.tum/, [d̪eˈlikt̪um]

Noun

dēlictum n (genitive dēlictī); second declension

1. fault, offense, misdeed, crime, transgression

   Synonyms: peccātum, scelus, vitium, noxa, culpa, error, crīmen, facinus, dēlinquentia, iniūria, malum, commissum, maleficium

   Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēlictum	dēlicta
Genitive	dēlictī	dēlictōrum
Dative	dēlictō	dēlictīs
Accusative	dēlictum	dēlicta
Ablative	dēlictō	dēlictīs
Vocative	dēlictum	dēlicta

Related terms

• dēlictor
• dēliculus
• dēlinquō

 

Descendants

• → English: delict
• → German: Delikt
• Italian: delitto
• Ladin: delit
• Old French: delit
  • French: délit
• Portuguese: delito
• Spanish: delito

Participle

dēlictum

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

Verb

dēlictum

1. accusative supine of dēlinquō

References

• “delictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “delictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delictum 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)
• delictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “delictum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “delictum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin