scitum

Latin

Etymology

From scīscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.tum/, [ˈs̠kiːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tum/, [ˈʃiːt̪um]

Noun

scītum n (genitive scītī); second declension

1. A resolution of a popular governing body; ordinance, statute, decree.

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scītum	scīta
Genitive	scītī	scītōrum
Dative	scītō	scītīs
Accusative	scītum	scīta
Ablative	scītō	scītīs
Vocative	scītum	scīta

Derived terms

• plēbiscītum

Related terms

• sciō
• scītāmenta
• scītātiō
• scītē
• scītor
• scītulus
• scītus

Verb

scītum

1. accusative supine of sciō

References

• “scitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scitum 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)
• scitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.