delictum

Latin

Etymology

From dēlinquō (“fail, be wanting”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈlik.tum/, [d̪eːˈl̪ɪk.t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈlik.tum/, [d̪ɛˈlik.t̪um]

Noun

dēlictum n (genitive dēlictī); second declension

1. fault, offense, misdeed, crime, transgression
2. accusative singular of dēlictum
3. vocative singular of dēlictum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēlictum	dēlicta
Genitive	dēlictī	dēlictōrum
Dative	dēlictō	dēlictīs
Accusative	dēlictum	dēlicta
Ablative	dēlictō	dēlictīs
Vocative	dēlictum	dēlicta

Related terms

• dēlictor
• dēliculus
• dēlinquō

 

Descendants

• → English: delict
• → German: Delikt
• Italian: delitto
• Ladin: delit
• Old French: delit
  • French: délit
• Portuguese: delito
• Spanish: delito

Participle

dēlictum

1. nominative neuter singular of dēlictus
2. accusative masculine singular of dēlictus
3. accusative neuter singular of dēlictus
4. vocative neuter singular of dēlictus

Verb

dēlictum

1. accusative supine of dēlinquō

References

• delictum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• delictum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delictum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• delictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• delictum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delictum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin