editus

Editus is a Latin term meaning “edited” or “published,” used primarily in bibliographic and textual-critical contexts to denote a text that has undergone editorial preparation for distribution. In catalogues, editions, and colophons, editus can appear as part of phrases describing the status of a work, such as liber editus (a published book) or editus a editore (edited by a particular editor).

Etymology and grammar: editus comes from the Latin verb edō, edere, “to bring forth,” with the participle editus meaning “having been edited” or “published.” The feminine and neuter forms are edita and editum respectively; a related noun is editio, meaning “edition.”

Scholarly usage: In classical and medieval manuscripts, editus labels certain copies as official publications; modern editors use editus in Latin phrases in front matter or apparatus to distinguish released editions from manuscripts or facsimiles. English-language bibliographies typically render the sense with “edited edition” or simply “ed.”

Other contexts: Outside linguistics or philology, the form editus rarely appears in contemporary English, but may occur in Latin texts, academic theses, or as a stylistic device in certain titles. The term is primarily of historical and scholarly interest rather than a current technical term.