edicto

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [eːˈdɪk.toː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈdik.to]^[1]

Forms

ēdictō (present infinitive ēdictāre, perfect active ēdictāvī, supine ēdictātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ēdīcō (“to declare”) + -tō, a frequentative; ⟨ēdīcō⟩ is from ex- and dīcō (“to say”).^[2][1] The TLL compares ⟨dictāre⟩.^[3] De Vaan traces ⟨dīcō⟩ to Proto-Italic *deik-e/o- (“to say”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found only in Plautus' Amphitruo, tūte ēdictās facta tua “you yourself proclaim your deeds”.^[5][6] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[7]

Semantic evolution

It meant to speak out, declare, proclaim, make known.^[2][5]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[5][7]

Meanings

Verb

1. To declare, proclaim, make known.^[2][5]

Related words

• ēdīcō
• ēdictum
• dīcō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de