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Benedictus
‖
Benˊe-dic′tus
,Noun.
[L., blessed. See ]
Benedict
, Adj.
The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (
Luke i. 68
); – so named from the first word of the Latin version. Definition 2024
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See also: Benedictus
Latin
Noun
benedictus m (genitive benedictī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a blessed person
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | benedictus | benedictī |
| genitive | benedictī | benedictōrum |
| dative | benedictō | benedictīs |
| accusative | benedictum | benedictōs |
| ablative | benedictō | benedictīs |
| vocative | benedicte | benedictī |
Participle
benedictus m (feminine benedicta, neuter benedictum); first/second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed, having been blessed
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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
References
- BENEDICTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)