debitum
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From dēbeō, dēhibeō (“owe, have obligation”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.bi.tum/, [ˈd̪eːbɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.bi.tum/, [ˈd̪ɛːbit̪um]
NounEdit
dēbitum n (genitive dēbitī); second declension
- A debt; something that is owed to another person or entity.
- An obligation.
- A rent, rental payment
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dēbitum | dēbita |
Genitive | dēbitī | dēbitōrum |
Dative | dēbitō | dēbitīs |
Accusative | dēbitum | dēbita |
Ablative | dēbitō | dēbitīs |
Vocative | dēbitum | dēbita |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: daivet
- Sardinian:
- Borrowings:
ParticipleEdit
dēbitum
- inflection of dēbitus:
ReferencesEdit
- “debitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “debitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- debitum 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)
- debitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)