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Latin
Etymology
From scīscō.
Pronunciation
Noun
scītum n (genitive scītī); second declension
- A resolution of a popular governing body; ordinance, statute, decree.
- Synonyms: praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
Verb
scītum
- accusative supine of sciō
References
- “scitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scitum 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)
- scitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.