auctoramentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
auctōrō (“to bind oneself, give a pledge”) + -mentum
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯k.toː.raːˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oːräːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯k.to.raˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oräˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
auctōrāmentum n (genitive auctōrāmentī); second declension
- the recompense for which one binds himself to some service or duty; wages, a reward
- (less common) that which binds or obliges one to the performance of certain services; a contract
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| Genitive | auctōrāmentī | auctōrāmentōrum |
| Dative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| Accusative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| Ablative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| Vocative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
Descendants edit
- Polish: autorament
References edit
- “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers