Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Perfect passive participle of pangō.

Participle edit

pāctus (feminine pācta, neuter pāctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. fastened, fixed
  2. planted
Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pāctus pācta pāctum pāctī pāctae pācta
Genitive pāctī pāctae pāctī pāctōrum pāctārum pāctōrum
Dative pāctō pāctō pāctīs
Accusative pāctum pāctam pāctum pāctōs pāctās pācta
Ablative pāctō pāctā pāctō pāctīs
Vocative pācte pācta pāctum pāctī pāctae pācta
Descendants edit
  • Romanian: pat (possibly)

Etymology 2 edit

Perfect passive participle of pacīscor.

Participle edit

pactus (feminine pacta, neuter pactum); first/second-declension participle

  1. arranged by negotiation, agreed
  2. solemnly promised, pledged
    1. betrothed
Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pactus pacta pactum pactī pactae pacta
Genitive pactī pactae pactī pactōrum pactārum pactōrum
Dative pactō pactō pactīs
Accusative pactum pactam pactum pactōs pactās pacta
Ablative pactō pactā pactō pactīs
Vocative pacte pacta pactum pactī pactae pacta
Related terms edit

Noun edit

pactus m (genitive pactūs); fourth declension

  1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of pactum (agreement, bargain, pact)
Declension edit

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pactus pactūs
Genitive pactūs pactuum
Dative pactuī pactibus
Accusative pactum pactūs
Ablative pactū pactibus
Vocative pactus pactūs

References edit

  • pactus” on page 1410 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
  • pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere
    • (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei