praedicatum

Forms

praedicātum n (genitive praedicātī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

Used as a noun, it is the neuter past participle from Latin praedicō¹ (“to proclaim, declare”).^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Valerius Maximus, in the 1st century AD, with the sense of a title or designation of rank.^[2]

Semantic evolution

In scholastic Latin it became the term of logic for what is said of a subject: Thomas Aquinas sets it against subiectum and uses it as a synonym of praedicāmentum.^[4] The Polish medieval Latin dictionary records it as the logical term.^[5] Italian predicato continues it.^[3]

Timeline

• 1st century AD – Valerius Maximus, Köbler's first source.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A title or designation of rank.^[2]
2. (logic) That which is said of a subject, the predicate.^[1][4][5]

Related words

• English predicate

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
3. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
4. ^ a b Schütz, Ludwig (1895), Thomas-Lexikon, 2nd ed., Paderborn: F. Schöningh
5. ^ a b Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl