decretum

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From dēcernō (“decide, determine”).

Noun

dēcrētum n (genitive dēcrētī); second declension

  1. A decision, decree, ordinance, order.
    Synonyms: praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium
  2. A principle, opinion.
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dēcrētum dēcrēta
genitive dēcrētī dēcrētōrum
dative dēcrētō dēcrētīs
accusative dēcrētum dēcrēta
ablative dēcrētō dēcrētīs
vocative dēcrētum dēcrēta
Derived terms
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Verb

dēcrētum

  1. supine of dēcernō

Participle

dēcrētum

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

Further reading

  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dēcrētum

  1. supine of dēcrēscō
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