dectare

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.

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).

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. —

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.

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.—

To explain, interpret (late Lat.):

sensum hujus sermonis,

Vulg. Dan. 5, 15; 4, 15.