edict Copy link • edict: ēdictum: to publish an e., e. proponere, Liv.: to enact by e., edicto sancire, Cic.: a praetor's e., e. praetoris, Cic. To publish an e. that ..., edicere ut, ne ..., Cic.: Liv. (Sometimes a praetor's e. assumed the form of a letter; whence praetoris literae, Cic. Verr. 5, 22, 56.)