edictum

== Latin == === Etymology === Nominalization of the neuter forms of ēdictus, perfect passive participle of ēdīcō (“to declare, announce, decree”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈdɪk.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈdik.tum] === Noun === ēdictum n (genitive ēdictī); second declension a proclamation, ordinance, edict, decree or manifesto by a magistrate Synonyms: iussus, ēdictiō, praeceptum, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium 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 (by extension) an order, command, edict ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ēdictālis ==== Related terms ==== ēdīcō ēdictiō ēdictō ==== Descendants ==== === Participle === edictum inflection of edictus: nominative/vocative/accusative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === 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, 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. “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