editum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.di.tum/, [ˈeːd̪ɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.di.tum/, [ˈɛːd̪it̪um]

Etymology 1

From the adjective ēditus (“set forth”, “heightened”: of places “elevated”, “high”, “lofty”; figuratively “superior”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms; as a noun, a substantivisation of the neuter forms.

Noun

ēditum n (genitive ēditī); second declension

1. a height, an elevated place, an elevation
2. (transferred sense) a command, an order

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēditum	ēdita
Genitive	ēditī	ēditōrum
Dative	ēditō	ēditīs
Accusative	ēditum	ēdita
Ablative	ēditō	ēditīs
Vocative	ēditum	ēdita

Synonyms

• (a command, an order): iussiō

References

• “ēdĭtum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “editum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• editum 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)
• ēdĭta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 571/1.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) heights, high ground: loca edita, superiora
    

  — Gaffiot records this noun as plurale tantum (nom. ēdita, gen. ēditōrum), in plural senses, only.

Adjective

ēditum

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

Etymology 2

See the verb ēdō (“I give out”, “I put or bring forth”).

Verb

ēditum

1. accusative supine of ēdō

Etymology 3

See the participle ēditus, the perfect passive participle of the verb ēdō.

Participle

ēditum

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

Etymology 4

See the noun ēditus (“excrement”).

Noun

ēditum

1. accusative singular of ēditus