The corpus record — Latin

benedico

benedico · v. n

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Where it lives

Ad Martyras 7 · 47.04/10k
De Baptismo 4 · 9.37/10k
De Patientia 4 · 8.83/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 4 · 7.81/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 2 · 3.59/10k
Adversus Marcionem 25 · 3.02/10k
Adversus Praxean 4 · 2.71/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 19 · 2.69/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 3 · 2.67/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

bĕnĕdīco — Lewis & Short

bĕnĕdīco, xi, ctum, ĕre, v. n. and

I a., to speak well of any one, to commend, praise.

I In gen., in class. Lat. always as two words, v. bene, I. B. 1.—

II Esp.

A In late and eccl. Lat. with acc.

1 Deum, to bless, praise, or adore (Heb. ), App. Trism. fin.; Vulg. Psa. 112, 2.—Pass.: benedici Deum omni tempore condecet, Tert. Orat. 3: Deus benedicendus, App. Trism. fin.; Vulg. Gen. 24, 48; id. Jacob. 3, 9.— Rarely with dat.: benedic Domino, Vulg. Psa. 102, 1 sq.—

2 Of men and things, to bless, consecrate, hallow (Heb. and )' requievit die septimo eumque benedixit, Lact. 7, 14, 11; cf. Vulg. Gen. 2, 3; id. Marc. 6, 41: altarium, Sulp. de Vita S. Martini, 2, 2: benedictum oleum, Hier. Vit. Hilar. med.: martyres, Tert. Mart. 1; Grut. 875, 3 al.—Sometimes with dat.: benedixit domui Israel, Vulg. Psa. 113, 12; 64, 12.—

B Herba benedicta, the plant also called lagopus or leporinus pes, App. Herb. 61.— Hence,

1 bĕnĕdictum, i, n. (prop. as two words), v bene, I. B. 1. g.—

2 bĕnĕ-dictus, i, m., an approved person, blessed one (eccl. Lat.): venite, benedicti Patris mei, Vulg. Matt. 25, 34 al.

In the wild

benedicentur Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 35.3
Benedictum Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.21.p1
Benedicto Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.16.p1
benedixit Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.11
benedicti Tertullian, Ad Martyras 1
benedictae Tertullian, De Cultu Feminarum 2.9

6 of 92 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

Latin text and lemmatization derived from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Lewis & Short (public domain) via Perseus. This derived data is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.