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|lshtext=<b>ē-dīco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (old form,<br /><b>I</b> subj.: EXDEICATIS; gerund.: EXDEICENDUM, S. C. de Bacchan.; imperat.: edice, Verg. A. 11, 463; Stat. Th. 12, 598), v. a.<br /><b>I</b> 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).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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]].<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[explain]], [[interpret]] ([[late]] Lat.): sensum hujus sermonis, Vulg. Dan. 5, 15; 4, 15.

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