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+ {{homograph|1|high, lofty}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la ēdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.di.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēditus''' (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum, comparative ēditior, superlative ēditissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The adjective is the perfect participle of [[ēdō]] “to put forth, raise”, from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|dō|t=to give, put]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Cicero's ''Verrines''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant extending far upwards, high, lofty, situated high, as in Cicero, Caesar's ''ēditior'' and Sallust's ''ēditissimus''; and figuratively exalted in rank, outstanding, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant lofty.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of height.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses ''ēditior''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # High, [[m|en|lofty]]; situated high.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Exalted (in rank); outstanding.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēditum]]
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+ {{homograph|2|excrement}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=la ēdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs], [ˈeː.dɪ.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.di.tus], [ˈɛː.di.tus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēditus''' ''m'' (genitive ēditūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The noun is [[af|la|ēdō|-tus|t1=to put forth]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its source is Ulpian in the Digest, of the droppings of oxen (''boum'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a voiding, excrement, droppings.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|excrement|alt=Excrement]], droppings.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ēdō]]
+ * [[ēditiō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}