Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *waddī (wager, stake, pledge).

Attested in the eighth-century Reichenau Glossary.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wadium n (genitive wadiī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. pledge
  2. legal contract
  3. marriage contract
  4. mortgage
  5. death certificate
  6. will
  7. salary, wage

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative wadium wadia
Genitive wadiī wadiōrum
Dative wadiō wadiīs
Accusative wadium wadia
Ablative wadiō wadiīs
Vocative wadium wadia

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