debitum

Latin

Etymology

From dēbeō, dēhibeō (“owe, have obligation”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.bi.tum/, [ˈd̪eː.bɪ.t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.bi.tum/, [ˈd̪ɛː.bi.t̪um]

Noun

dēbitum n (genitive dēbitī); second declension

1. A debt; something that is owed to another person or entity.
2. An obligation.
3. A rent, rental payment

Declension

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 terms

• dēbeō
• dēbitiō

• dēbitor
• dēbitrix

Descendants

• Catalan: deute
• Dalmatian: debeta
• Old French: dete
  • French: dette
  • → Middle English: dette
    • English: debt
• Galician: débito
• Italian: debito
• → Middle French: debet
  • → English: debit
• Occitan: deuta, deute

• Old Portuguese: divida, devida, deveda
  • Portuguese: dívida
  • Galician: débeda
• Portuguese: débito,
• Romansch: daivet
• Russian: де́бет (débet)
• Sardinian: dépidu
• Spanish: deuda, debdo

Participle

dēbitum

1. nominative neuter singular of dēbitus
2. accusative masculine singular of dēbitus
3. accusative neuter singular of dēbitus
4. vocative neuter singular of dēbitus

References

• 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, 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)