responsa

English

Etymology

From Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

Noun

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

1. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Anagrams

• S'poreans, personas, pronases

Interlingua

Noun

responsa (plural responsas)

1. response

Latin

Noun

respōnsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of respōnsum

References

• “responsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Noun

responsa f (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of responsabilidade

Spanish

Verb

responsa

1. inflection of responsar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative