Pandekten

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pandectae.

Noun

Pandekten pl (plural only)

  1. (law) pandects (compendium or digest of writings on Roman law)
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 87:
      Soll er seine Pandekten büffeln und die Schnauze halten. Auf seine schöngeistigen Schmöker huste ich!
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Further reading
  • “Pandekten” in Duden online
  • “Pandekten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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