testimonium
Danish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.
Noun
testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | testimonium | testimoniet | testimonier | testimonierne |
| genitive | testimoniums | testimoniets | testimoniers | testimoniernes |
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
testimonium n (plural testimoniums or testimonia)
Latin
Etymology
From testis (“witness”) + -mōnium (“obligation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛs.tɪˈmoː.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪es.t̪iˈmɔː.ni.um]
Noun
testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī or testimōnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
| genitive | testimōniī testimōnī1 |
testimōniōrum |
| dative | testimōniō | testimōniīs |
| accusative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
| ablative | testimōniō | testimōniīs |
| vocative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants
- Old French: tesmoin, tesmoing
- → Old Northern French: testemoingne, testimonie (learned)
- Friulian: testimone
- Italian: testimonio, testimone
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: testimoni
- Occitan: testimòni
- Old Galician-Portuguese: testimonio
- Galician: testemuño
- Portuguese: testemunho, testemônio
- Romanian: testimoniu
- Sardinian: distimonzu, testimóngiu, tistimognu
- Spanish: testimonio
- Venetan: testimònio
- → Proto-Brythonic: *testʉn
- → Old Irish: testimin
References
- “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "testimonium", 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)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
- to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere
- to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonier, definite plural testimonia or testimoniene)
- (formal) testimony
- (formal) certificate
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonium, definite plural testimonia)
- (formal) testimony
- (formal) certificate
Swedish
Noun
testimonium n
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Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | testimonium | testimoniums |
| definite | testimoniet | testimoniets | |
| plural | indefinite | testimonier | testimoniers |
| definite | testimonierna | testimoniernas |