decretum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkreː.tum/, [d̪eːˈkreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkre.tum/, [d̪eˈkrɛːt̪um]

Etymology 1

From dēcernō (“decide, determine”).

Noun

dēcrētum n (genitive dēcrētī); second declension

1. A decision, decree, ordinance, order.

   Synonyms: praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium

2. A principle, opinion.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcrētum	dēcrēta
Genitive	dēcrētī	dēcrētōrum
Dative	dēcrētō	dēcrētīs
Accusative	dēcrētum	dēcrēta
Ablative	dēcrētō	dēcrētīs
Vocative	dēcrētum	dēcrēta

Derived terms

• dēcrētālis
• dēcrētum horribile

Related terms

• dēcernō
• dēcrētiō
• dēcrētus
• dēcrētōrius

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: decret
• Dutch: decreet
• English: decree
• French: décret
• Galician: decreto
• Hungarian: dekrétum
• Italian: decreto
• Ladin: decret
• Portuguese: decreto
• Romanian: decret
• Russian: декре́т (dekrét)
• Spanish: decreto

Verb

dēcrētum

1. supine of dēcernō

Participle

dēcrētum

1. inflection of dēcrētus:
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Further reading

• “decretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decretum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• decretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the tenets, dogmas of philosophers: decreta, inventa philosophorum
    
• “decretum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decretum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dēcrētum

1. supine of dēcrēscō