editum

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.di.tum/, [ˈeːd̪ɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.di.tum/, [ˈɛːd̪it̪um]

Etymology 1

From the adjective ēditus (“set forth”, “heightened”: of places “elevated”, “high”, “lofty”; figuratively “superior”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms; as a noun, a substantivisation of the neuter forms.

Noun

ēditum n (genitive ēditī); second declension

a height, an elevated place, an elevation
(transferred sense) a command, an order

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēditum	ēdita
Genitive	ēditī	ēditōrum
Dative	ēditō	ēditīs
Accusative	ēditum	ēdita
Ablative	ēditō	ēditīs
Vocative	ēditum	ēdita

Synonyms

(a command, an order): iussiō

References

“ēdĭtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“editum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
editum 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)
ēdĭta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 571/1.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) heights, high ground: loca edita, superiora
— Gaffiot records this noun as plurale tantum (nom. ēdita, gen. ēditōrum), in plural senses, only.

Adjective

ēditum

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

Etymology 2

See the verb ēdō (“I give out”, “I put or bring forth”).

Verb

ēditum

accusative supine of ēdō

Etymology 3

See the participle ēditus, the perfect passive participle of the verb ēdō.

Participle

ēditum

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

Etymology 4

See the noun ēditus (“excrement”).

Noun

ēditum

accusative singular of ēditus