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editus
editus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ēdō (“bring forth; bring about”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.di.tus/
Participle
ēditus m (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum); first/second declension
- brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged
- produced, having been produced; begotten, having been begotten
- published, having been published, spread abroad, having been spread abroad
- related, having been related, told, having been told; disclosed, having been disclosed, announced, having been announced
- performed, having been performed, brought about, having been brought about
- lifted, having been lifted, elevated, having been elevated
Declension
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | ēditus | ēdita | ēditum | ēditī | ēditae | ēdita | |
genitive | ēditī | ēditae | ēditī | ēditōrum | ēditārum | ēditōrum | |
dative | ēditō | ēditō | ēditīs | ||||
accusative | ēditum | ēditam | ēditum | ēditōs | ēditās | ēdita | |
ablative | ēditō | ēditā | ēditō | ēditīs | |||
vocative | ēdite | ēdita | ēditum | ēditī | ēditae | ēdita |
Adjective
ēditus m (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum); first/second declension
- set forth, heightened
- (of places) elevated, high, lofty
- (figuratively) superior
- circa 35–34 BC, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae 1.3, lines 107–110:
- nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima belli // causa, sed ignotis perierunt mortibus illi, // quos Venerem incertam rapientis more ferarum // viribus editior caedebat ut in grege taurus.
- For before Helen’s time there existed [many] a woman who was the dismal cause of war: but those fell by unknown deaths, whom pursuing uncertain venery, as the bull in the herd, the strongest [lit. “the superior in strengths”] slew. ― translation by: Christopher Smart (tr.), Theodore Alois Buckley (ed.), The Works of Horace (1863); literal gloss of “viribus editior” added by the Wiktionary contributor
- nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima belli // causa, sed ignotis perierunt mortibus illi, // quos Venerem incertam rapientis more ferarum // viribus editior caedebat ut in grege taurus.
- circa 35–34 BC, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae 1.3, lines 107–110:
Declension
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | ēditus | ēdita | ēditum | ēditī | ēditae | ēdita | |
genitive | ēditī | ēditae | ēditī | ēditōrum | ēditārum | ēditōrum | |
dative | ēditō | ēditō | ēditīs | ||||
accusative | ēditum | ēditam | ēditum | ēditōs | ēditās | ēdita | |
ablative | ēditō | ēditā | ēditō | ēditīs | |||
vocative | ēdite | ēdita | ēditum | ēditī | ēditae | ēdita |
- comparative ēditior, superlative ēditissimus
Derived terms
Noun
ēditus m (genitive ēditūs); fourth declension
- a voiding, defecation, †dejection, excrement
- editus boum ― bulls’ ****
Declension
Fourth declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | ēditus | ēditūs |
genitive | ēditūs | ēdituum |
dative | ēdituī | ēditibus |
accusative | ēditum | ēditūs |
ablative | ēditū | ēditibus |
vocative | ēditus | ēditūs |
References
- ēdĭtus¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ēdĭtus² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- editus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- EDITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ēdĭtus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 571/2.
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ēdĭtŭs”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 571/2.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) heights, high ground: loca edita, superiora
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(ambiguous) heights, high ground: loca edita, superiora