edictio

Latin

Etymology

From ēdīcō (I declare, announce, decree) +‎ -tiō, from ex (out of, from) + dīcō (say, affirm, tell).

Pronunciation

Noun

ēdictiō f (genitive ēdictiōnis); third declension

  1. An order, decree, edict.
    Synonyms: iussus, ēdictum, praeceptum, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ēdictiō ēdictiōnēs
genitive ēdictiōnis ēdictiōnum
dative ēdictiōnī ēdictiōnibus
accusative ēdictiōnem ēdictiōnēs
ablative ēdictiōne ēdictiōnibus
vocative ēdictiō ēdictiōnēs

Descendants

  • French: édiction

References

  • edictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "edictio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • edictio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.