benedictus

See also: Benedictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of benedīcō (“I speak well (of)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdik.tus/, [bɛnɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdik.tus/, [beneˈd̪ikt̪us]

Noun

benedictus m (genitive benedictī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a blessed person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	benedictus	benedictī
Genitive	benedictī	benedictōrum
Dative	benedictō	benedictīs
Accusative	benedictum	benedictōs
Ablative	benedictō	benedictīs
Vocative	benedicte	benedictī

Participle

benedictus (feminine benedicta, neuter benedictum); first/second-declension participle

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed, having been blessed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	benedictus	benedicta	benedictum		benedictī	benedictae	benedicta
Genitive	benedictī	benedictae	benedictī		benedictōrum	benedictārum	benedictōrum
Dative	benedictō		benedictō		benedictīs
Accusative	benedictum	benedictam	benedictum		benedictōs	benedictās	benedicta
Ablative	benedictō	benedictā	benedictō		benedictīs
Vocative	benedicte	benedicta	benedictum		benedictī	benedictae	benedicta

Descendants

• Asturian: benditu, benitu, Benitu
• Catalan: beneit, Benet
• → English: Benedict, Bennet
• Friulian: benedet, Benedet
• Galician: bendito, bieito, Bieito
• → Irish: Beinidict
• Italian: benedetto, Benedetto
• → Norman: Bénédict
• Occitan: Beneset, Benaset
• Old French: beneoit
  • French: benoît, Benoît
  • Norman: Beneît
• Old Galician-Portuguese: bẽeyto
• Spanish: bendicho
• Portuguese: bendito, bento, Bento, Benedito
• Sicilian: binidittu, Binidittu
• Spanish: bendito, benito, Benito, Benedicto
• Venetian: benedeto, Benedeto, Beneto

References

• benedictus 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)