delictum

Latin

Etymology

From dēlinquō (“fail, be wanting”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈlɪk.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈlik.tum]

Verb

dēlictum

1. accusative supine of dēlinquō

Participle

dēlictum

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

Noun

dēlictum n (genitive dēlictī); second declension

1. fault, offense, misdeed, crime, transgression

   Synonyms: peccātum, scelus, vitium, noxa, culpa, error, crīmen, facinus, dēlinquentia, iniūria, malum, commissum, maleficium

   Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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