LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

ēditus1

ēditus m (genitive ēditūs)
Classical[ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.di.tus]

Meaning

  1. a voiding, defecation, excrement
    ēditus boumbulls’ excrement

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēditusēditūs
genitiveēditūsēdituum
dativeēdituīēditibus
accusativeēditumēditūs
ablativeēditūēditibus
vocativeēditusēditūs

ēdĭtus, ūs, m. 2. edo,
I. a voiding, excrement: boum, Dig. 32, 1, 55, § 6.

Origins

From ēdō + -tus (forming action nouns).

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
ēditus2
ēditus (feminine ēdita, neuter ēditum, comparative ēditior, superlative ēditissimus)
Classical[ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.di.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveelevated, high, lofty
  2. adjectivefigurativelysuperior
    Nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima belli causa, sed ignotis perierunt mortibus illi, quos Venerem incertam rapientis more ferarumTranslation by Christopher Smart (tr.), Theodore Alois Buckley (ed.), The Works of Horace (1863); literal gloss of “viribus editior” added by the Wiktionary contributor For before Helen’s time there existed [many] a woman who was the dismal cause of war: but those fell by unknown deaths, whom pursuing uncertain venery, as the bull in the herd, the strongest [lit. “the superior in strengths”] slew.c. 35 BCE, Horatius, Sermones 1.3.107–110

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēditusēditaēditum
genitiveēditīēditaeēditī
dativeēditōēditaeēditō
accusativeēditumēditamēditum
ablativeēditōēditāēditō
vocativeēditeēditaēditum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēditīēditaeēdita
genitiveēditōrumēditārumēditōrum
dativeēditīsēditīsēditīs
accusativeēditōsēditāsēdita
ablativeēditīsēditīsēditīs
vocativeēditīēditaeēdita

ēdĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 2. edo.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of ēdō (“to bring forth; bring about”).

Quick answers

What does ēditus mean in Latin?
ēditus, a noun, means “a voiding, defecation, excrement”.
What is the genitive of ēditus?
The genitive singular is ēditūs. ēditus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce ēditus?
In classical Latin, [ˈeː.dɪ.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛː.di.tus].