promissum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom promissus, from promittō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈmis.sum/, [proːˈmɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈmis.sum/, [proˈmisːum]
Noun
editprōmissum n (genitive prōmissī); second declension
- promise
- Synonyms: pollicitum, prōmissiō, crēdentia, fidēs
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.685–686:
- [...] illa deum prōmissō lūdit inānī
et stultam dubiā spem trahit usque morā.- She tricks the god with an empty promise,
and prolongs his foolish hope with dubious delay.
(The elderly goddess Anna Perenna amused herself by deceiving Mars after he sought her help in wooing Minverva.)
- She tricks the god with an empty promise,
- [...] illa deum prōmissō lūdit inānī
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōmissum | prōmissa |
Genitive | prōmissī | prōmissōrum |
Dative | prōmissō | prōmissīs |
Accusative | prōmissum | prōmissa |
Ablative | prōmissō | prōmissīs |
Vocative | prōmissum | prōmissa |
Descendants
editVerb
editprōmissum
References
edit- “promissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare
- (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare
- to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare