vadimonium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vadimonium (plural vadimonia)
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a court settlement; a promise secured by bail.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vas (“surety, bail”) + -mōnium (“obligation”).
Noun edit
vadimōnium n (genitive vadimōniī or vadimōnī); second declension
- a promise secured by bail
- (figuratively) an appointment
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vadimōnium | vadimōnia |
| Genitive | vadimōniī vadimōnī1 |
vadimōniōrum |
| Dative | vadimōniō | vadimōniīs |
| Accusative | vadimōnium | vadimōnia |
| Ablative | vadimōniō | vadimōniīs |
| Vocative | vadimōnium | vadimōnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “vadimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vadimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vadimonium 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)
- vadimonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vadimonium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vadimonium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin