deducta

Latin

Etymology

From the feminine substantivation of dēductus (past perfect participle of dēdūcō). Probably through the clipping of a set phrase in the like of "dēducta pars" (deducted part).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈdʊk.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈduk.ta]

Noun

dēducta f (genitive dēductae); first declension

1. part deducted from one's heritage, inheritance deduction
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, De Legibus II.50:

     Atque etiam hoc docent Scaeuolae, quom est partitio, ut si in testamento deducta scripta non sit, ipsique minus ceperint quam omnibus heredibus relinquatur, sacris ne alligentur.

     But teach us the Scaevolae thus: whenever there be partition of heritage, if no set deduction were in the will stipulated, and the legatees would earn less than is given the heirs, they are no longer bound to their sacrificial duties

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēducta	dēductae
genitive	dēductae	dēductārum
dative	dēductae	dēductīs
accusative	dēductam	dēductās
ablative	dēductā	dēductīs
vocative	dēducta	dēductae

Participle

dēducta

1. inflection of dēductus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

dēductā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēductus

References

• “deducta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.