compromissum

Latin

Etymology

Neuter of compromissus, past participle of compromitto.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.proːˈmis.sum/, [kɔmproːˈmɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.proˈmis.sum/, [komproˈmisːum]

Noun

comprōmissum n (genitive comprōmissī); second declension

1. A mutual promise (to abide by a judgement or arbitration)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa
Genitive	comprōmissī	comprōmissōrum
Dative	comprōmissō	comprōmissīs
Accusative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa
Ablative	comprōmissō	comprōmissīs
Vocative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa

Descendants

Descendants of compromissum in other languages

• Catalan: compromís
• Crimean Tatar: kompromiss
• Czech: kompromis
• Danish: kompromis
• Dutch: compromis
• English: compromise
• French: compromis
• Galician: compromiso
• German: Kompromiss
• Italian: compromesso
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompromiss

  Nynorsk: kompromiss

• Polish: kompromis
• Portuguese: compromisso
• Romanian: compromis
• Russian: компроми́сс (kompromíss)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: компромис

  Latin script: kompromis

• Spanish: compromiso
• Swedish: kompromiss

References

• “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compromissum 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)
• compromissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “compromissum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “compromissum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin