editus

editus

1. conditional of editar

Perfect passive participle of ēdō (“bring forth; bring about”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.di.tus/, [ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs]

ēditus m (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum); first/second declension

1. brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged
2. produced, having been produced; begotten, having been begotten
3. published, having been published, spread abroad, having been spread abroad
4. related, having been related, told, having been told; disclosed, having been disclosed, announced, having been announced
5. performed, having been performed, brought about, having been brought about
6. lifted, having been lifted, elevated, having been elevated

First/second declension.

ēditus (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum); first/second declension

1. set forth, heightened
   1. (of places) elevated, high, lofty
   2. (figuratively) superior
      • circa 35–34 BC, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae 1.3, lines 107–110:

        nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima belli // causa, sed ignotis perierunt mortibus illi, // quos Venerem incertam rapientis more ferarum // viribus editior caedebat ut in grege taurus.

        For before Helen’s time there existed [many] a woman who was the dismal cause of war: but those fell by unknown deaths, whom pursuing uncertain venery, as the bull in the herd, the strongest [lit. “the superior in strengths”] slew. ― translation by: Christopher Smart (tr.), Theodore Alois Buckley (ed.), The Works of Horace (1863); literal gloss of “viribus editior” added by the Wiktionary contributor

First/second declension.

• comparative ēditior, superlative ēditissimus

• ēditum, ēdita

ēditus m (genitive ēditūs); fourth declension

1. a voiding, defecation, †dejection, excrement

   editus boum ― bulls’ shit

Fourth declension.

• ēdĭtus¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ēdĭtus² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• editus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• editus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ēdĭtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 571/2
• ēdĭtŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 571/2
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) heights, high ground: loca edita, superiora