Latin

Noun

dēcrētum n ‎(genitive dēcrētī); second declension

1. A decision, decree, ordinance, order.
2. A principle, opinion.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (decision, degree): dēcrētiō

Derived terms

• dēcrētālis

Related terms

• dēcernō
• dēcrētiō
• dēcrētōrius
• dēcrētus

Descendants

• Dutch: decreet
• English: decree
• French: décret
• Italian: decreto
• Russian: декре́т ‎(dekrét)

References

• decretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decretum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DECRETUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decretum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the tenets, dogmas of philosophers: decreta, inventa philosophorum
    
• decretum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decretum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin