what does this latin phrase mean?

[brendandoyle]

benedictum benedicat

[JohnPPotts]

"He blesses (me with) a blessing" - or something similar.

[Quizmonster]

'Benedictus benedicat' means 'Be blessed by Him who is blessed' or 'May the Blessed One give a blessing.'

[nirvanafarma]

"I am wearing an Italian sports top, $60 stonewash baggy jeans and a lot of real gold." Bene Dictus; chapter VIII

[Marsh]

According to "A Book of Graces" by Caroline Martin, the Middle Temple (one of the Four Inns of Court) use "Benedictus benedicat " (Let the blessed bless) as a grace before dinner and "Benedicto benedicatur" (Let the blessed be blessed) as a grace afterwards.

[davver]

The full grace that I am aware of is 'Benedictus benedicat per Iesu Christum domine nostrum'.

[JohnErskine]

Re the 'full grace', all words governed by the preposition 'per' would need to be in the accusative case. So: per Iesum Christum, dominum nostrum.

[JohnErskine]

Re the 'full grace', all words governed by the preposition 'per' would need to be in the accusative case. So: per Iesum Christum, Dominum Nostrum.

[hedles]

"Benedictus, Benedicat per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum (Blessed is He and may he bless [this food] through Jesus Christ Our Lord)"

http://en.wikipedia.o...t_Edmund_Hall,_Oxford
However the letter "J" does not occur in Latin, so this may have been substituted unconsciously.