decretio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcernō (“decide, determine”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈkreː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈkrɛt.t͡si.o]

Noun

dēcrētiō f (genitive dēcrētiōnis); third declension

1. A decision, decree.

   Synonyms: praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, scītum, dēcrētum, mandātum, imperium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcrētiō	dēcrētiōnēs
genitive	dēcrētiōnis	dēcrētiōnum
dative	dēcrētiōnī	dēcrētiōnibus
accusative	dēcrētiōnem	dēcrētiōnēs
ablative	dēcrētiōne	dēcrētiōnibus
vocative	dēcrētiō	dēcrētiōnēs

Synonyms

• (decision, decree): dēcrētum

Related terms

• dēcernō
• dēcrētālis
• dēcrētōrius
• dēcrētum
• dēcrētus

References

• “decretio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "decretio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “decretio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• decretio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016