edictum Latin · revision 9245

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la dīcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈdɪk.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈdik.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēdictum''' ''n'' (genitive ēdictī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of ⟨ēdictus⟩, the participle of [[ēdīcō]] “to proclaim”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence, whom he dates 190–159 BC, and Terence uses it of a private person's order.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a proclamation by a magistrate or other authority, a decree, edict.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it was especially the edict a praetor issued on entering office, setting out the rules he would follow, and in Gaius the collected edicts of the urban praetor, as codified by Salvius Julianus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short contrast it with a ''senātūs cōnsultum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Through Old French ''edit'' it gave English ''edit'' in the late 13th century, later remodelled as [[en|edict]] in the late 15th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''editto'' and Spanish ''edicto''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the praetor's edict.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of the codified edict.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''edit'' “edict” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A proclamation, decree, [[m|en|edict]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The edict of a magistrate on entering office.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An order.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēdictālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēdīcō]]

+ * [[ēdictiō]]

+ * [[ēdictō]]

+ * [[dīcō]]

+ * [[en|edict]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}