wadium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • waddium, vadium, gadium, gaidium, guadium, wadia, watgium

Etymology

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

Attested in the eighth-century Reichenau Glossary.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative wadium wadia
genitive wadiī wadiōrum
dative wadiō wadiīs
accusative wadium wadia
ablative wadiō wadiīs
vocative wadium wadia

Derived terms

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