auctoramentum
Latin
Etymology
auctōrō (“to bind oneself, give a pledge”) + -mentum
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯k.toː.raːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯k.t̪o.raˈmɛn̪.t̪um]
Noun
auctōrāmentum n (genitive auctōrāmentī); second declension
- the recompense for which one binds himself to some service or duty; wages, a reward
- (less common) that which binds or obliges one to the performance of certain services; a contract
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| genitive | auctōrāmentī | auctōrāmentōrum |
| dative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| accusative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| ablative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| vocative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
Descendants
- Polish: autorament
References
- “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers