Latin

Verb

ēdīcō ‎(present infinitive ēdīcere, perfect active ēdīxī, supine ēdictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. I declare, publish, establish, announce, appoint, decree, ordain something.
2. (of magistrates) I make known (of a decree), proclaim; enact a law.
3. (Late Latin) I explain, interpret.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ēdictiō
• ēdictō
• ēdictum

Related terms

References

• edico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• edico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “edico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force: edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
    
  • to proclaim that the courts are closed, a cessation of legal business: iustitium indicere, edicere (Phil. 5. 12)