dedotti

Dedotti is the masculine plural past participle of the Italian verb dedurre, and, when used as an adjective, it means “inferred” or “deduced.” It agrees with the noun it modifies: dedotti for masculine plural, dedotte for feminine plural; dedotto for masculine singular, dedotta for feminine singular. In standard usage, dedurre means to infer or to deduce, and dedotti appears in phrases such as “fatti dedotti” (the deduced facts) or “conclusioni dedotte” (the inferred conclusions).

As a past participle, dedotto is used in compound tenses with the auxiliary avere, as in “ho dedotto una conclusione” (I deduced a conclusion). When the direct object precedes the participle, the participle may agree in gender and number with that object, so forms like “le conclusioni dedotte” illustrate feminine plural agreement.

Etymology traces dedurre to Latin deducere, from de- plus ducere, meaning to lead away or to draw out. In contemporary Italian, dedotti remains primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item, and its adjectival use is common in scholarly or formal writing to describe conclusions, data, or inferences that have been drawn.

In addition, Dedotti may also occur as a surname in Italian-speaking contexts. As with many surnames, its occurrence outside of biographical contexts is relatively uncommon in general-language writing.

See also: dedurre, Italian grammar, past participles in Italian, agreement of participles.