constitutum

Forms

cōnstitūtum n (genitive cōnstitūtī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is the neuter of constitūtus, the participle of cōnstituō “to set up, decide”, used as a noun.^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and Gaffiot cites his Prō Caeliō for an agreed meeting place.^[4][5] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant an agreed arrangement, an appointment, a compact, as in Cicero; and an ordinance or decree, as in Seneca, and in architecture a conventional rule.^[2][5]

Medieval Latin used it for a law, decree, regulation.^[6]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an arrangement.^[5][4]
• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a decree.^[2][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. An agreed arrangement, appointment, agreement.^[2][5]
2. An ordinance, decree.^[2][6]

Related words

• cōnstituō
• cōnstitūtiō
• statuō

References

1. ^ Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c d Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill