Latin

Noun

ēdictum n ‎(genitive ēdictī); second declension

1. A proclamation, ordinance, edict, decree or manifesto by a magistrate.
2. 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.
3. (by extension) An order, command, edict.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (order): ēdictiō

Derived terms

• ēdictālis

Related terms

• ēdīcō
• ēdictiō
• ēdictō

Descendants

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “edictum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to publish, post up an edict: edictum proponere (Att. 2. 21. 4)
    
• 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