decretum
Latin
Etymology
From dēcernō (“decide, determine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈkreː.tum/, [d̪eːˈkreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkre.tum/, [d̪eˈkrɛːt̪um]
Noun
dēcrētum n (genitive dēcrētī); second declension
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 |
Synonyms
- (decision, decree): dēcrētiō
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- “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
- 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