Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

ē-dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (old form, subj.: EXDEICATIS; gerund.: EXDEICENDUM, S. C. de Bacchan.; imperat.: edice, Verg. A. 11, 463; Stat. Th. 12, 598), v. a.

  1. I. A t. t. of magistrates, to declare, publish, make known a decree, ordinance, etc.; hence, to establish, decree, ordain by proclamation (cf.: praecipio, mando, jubeo).
    1. A. In gen., with ut or ne: consulem edicere, ut senatus senatusconsulto ne obtemperet … edicere est ausus, ut senatus ad vestitum rediret, Cic. Pis. 8; so id. Vatin. 14; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9 al.; cf. in the abl. part. perf.: edicto, ut and ne, Liv. 10, 36; 5, 19; Cic. Att. 11, 7, 2; and with a simple subj.: cum tribuni plebis edixissent, senatus adesset, etc., id. Fam. 11, 6; so Verg. A. 10, 258; 3, 235.
      With acc.: non proscriptā neque edictā die, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; so, dies edicta, Liv. 33, 14 fin.: diem comitiis, id. 26, 18; 31, 49 fin.: diem exercitui ad conveniendum, id. 31, 11; cf. id. 22, 12; 29, 1: justitium, Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2: comitia a. d. XI. Kal. Febr., id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 2: senatum in diem posterum, Liv. 3, 38 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 80: conventum sociis Tarraconem, Liv. 26, 51: novemdiale sacrum, id. 21, 62; cf.: supplicationem populo in diem unum, id. 32, 1 fin.: delectum, id. 2, 55: praedam omnem militibus, id. 8, 36 et saep.
      With an obj. acc. and inf.: edixit, sese judicium injuriarum non daturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27; so Liv. 21, 11; 26, 27.
      Absol.: quod Vitellius de caerimoniis publicis edixisset, Tac. H. 2, 91; cf.: de natali suo, Suet. Calig. 26: de iisdem, id. Rhet. 1.
    2. B. In partic., of the praetor, to make known, on entering upon his office, the principles on which he intends to administer it: est tibi edicendum quae sis observaturus in jure dicendo, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 74; v. edictum.
  2. II. Transf. in gen., to make known, dectare, appoint, establish, order, ordain any thing (freq. and class.): ut tu scire possis, edico tibi: Si falsa dices, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 4; id. Capt. 4, 2, 23.
    With ut or ne, id. Ps. 1, 1, 125; 1, 5, 91; 3, 2, 66; id. Pers. 2, 2, 58; id. Truc. 4, 3, 6; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30; id. Hec. 4, 1, 50; Hor. S. 2, 3, 227 al.
    With acc. and inf.: dico, edico vobis, nostrum esse illum erilem filium, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 20; nullus fere ab eo (sc. Demosthene) locus sine quadam conformatione sententiae edicitur, Cic. Or. 39 fin.
    With rel. clause: jussus a consule, quae sciret edicere, to discover, communicate, give notice, Sall. C. 48, 4 Kritz.: si prius, quid maxime reprehendere Scipio solitus sit, edixero, Cic. Lael. 16, 59: hoc simul edixi, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; id. S. 2, 2, 51: incipiens stabulis edico in mollibus herbam Carpere oves, Verg. G. 3, 295; cf. id. A. 11, 463; Sil. 7, 313; 528: legem remittere edixit (rex), Curt. 6, 11, 20.
    1. B. To explain, interpret (late Lat.): sensum hujus sermonis, Vulg. Dan. 5, 15; 4, 15.

ēdictum, i, n. [edico].

    1. A. A proclamation, ordinance, edict, manifesto of the Roman magistrates (cf.: senatus consultum, scitum, jussum; decretum, epistola, rescriptum), e. g. of the ediles, Cic. Phil. 9, 7 fin.; id. Off. 3, 17, 71; Gell. 4, 2; Dig. 21, 1; of a tribune of the people, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19 fin.; of a dictator, Liv. 8, 34; of the consuls, id. 8, 7; 24, 8; of the proconsuls, id. 26, 12; of Caesar in the civil war, Caes. B. C. 2, 19; of the emperor, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 1 (cf. decretum, epistola, rescriptum) et saep.
      1. 2. Esp. freq. the public announcement of the praetor, in which he states, on entering upon his office, the rules by which he will be guided in administering justice (out of such legal regulations renewed and made more complete every year—edictum perpetuum, in contradistinction to edicta prout res incidit; cf. Eutr. 8, 17—there was gradually formed an important part of the body of Roman law), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105; 2, 3, 7; 14 sq.; id. Quint. 19; id. Fl. 28, 67 et saep.; cf. Sanders, Just. Inst. introd. p. xviii. sq.; xxiv. sq.; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 7; Rein’s Privatr. p. 70 sq.; 80; 83, and the sources cited.
    2. B. Transf., in gen.
      1. 1. An order, command, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 10.
      2. 2. A play-bill, order of games: edictum et ladorum ordinem perlegere, Sen. Ep. 117: his mane edictum, Pers. 1, 134 Gildersleeve ad loc.