indictus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.tus/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.tus/, [in̪ˈd̪ikt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of indīcō (“declare, proclaim; appoint”).

Participle

indictus (feminine indicta, neuter indictum); first/second-declension participle

1. declared, proclaimed, published, announced, having been declared
2. appointed, fixed, named, having been appointed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indictus	indicta	indictum		indictī	indictae	indicta
Genitive	indictī	indictae	indictī		indictōrum	indictārum	indictōrum
Dative	indictō		indictō		indictīs
Accusative	indictum	indictam	indictum		indictōs	indictās	indicta
Ablative	indictō	indictā	indictō		indictīs
Vocative	indicte	indicta	indictum		indictī	indictae	indicta

Descendants

• Asturian: andecha
• English: indict
• Galician: endeita
• Old French: enditier
• Spanish: endecha

Etymology 2

From in- (“not”) +‎ dictus (“said”).

Adjective

indictus (feminine indicta, neuter indictum); first/second-declension adjective

1. not said, unsaid
2. unspeakable, ineffable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indictus	indicta	indictum		indictī	indictae	indicta
Genitive	indictī	indictae	indictī		indictōrum	indictārum	indictōrum
Dative	indictō		indictō		indictīs
Accusative	indictum	indictam	indictum		indictōs	indictās	indicta
Ablative	indictō	indictā	indictō		indictīs
Vocative	indicte	indicta	indictum		indictī	indictae	indicta

References

• “indictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without any examination: incognita causa (cf. sect. XV. 3, indicta causa)
    
  • without going to law: indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)