decretus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of dēcernō.

Participle

dēcrētus (feminine dēcrēta, neuter dēcrētum); first/second-declension participle

  1. decided
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēcrētus dēcrēta dēcrētum dēcrētī dēcrētae dēcrēta
genitive dēcrētī dēcrētae dēcrētī dēcrētōrum dēcrētārum dēcrētōrum
dative dēcrētō dēcrētae dēcrētō dēcrētīs
accusative dēcrētum dēcrētam dēcrētum dēcrētōs dēcrētās dēcrēta
ablative dēcrētō dēcrētā dēcrētō dēcrētīs
vocative dēcrēte dēcrēta dēcrētum dēcrētī dēcrētae dēcrēta

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of dēcrēscō.

Participle

dēcrētus (feminine dēcrēta, neuter dēcrētum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having decreased
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • decretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decretus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.