ēdictum i, n edico, a proclamation, ordinance, edict, manifesto (of a magistrate or generalin-chief): consul praetor nova edicta proponunt: civem edicto eicere: proconsulis, L.: rex Edicto vetuit ne quis, etc., H.

— Esp., of the praetor, an edict, inaugural address (declaring the principles on which he will administer justice): praetoris edictum legem annuam esse: finem edicto praetoris adferunt Kal. Ian.: in edictis praetoriis prudens, i. e. learned in the law as defined by successive praetors: iudicium ex edicto dare.

— An order, command: tuom, T.