compromissum
Latin
Etymology
Neuter of compromissus, past participle of compromitto.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.proːˈmis.sum/, [kɔmproːˈmɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.proˈmis.sum/, [komproˈmisːum]
Noun
comprōmissum n (genitive comprōmissī); second declension
- A mutual promise (to abide by a judgement or arbitration)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | comprōmissum | comprōmissa |
| Genitive | comprōmissī | comprōmissōrum |
| Dative | comprōmissō | comprōmissīs |
| Accusative | comprōmissum | comprōmissa |
| Ablative | comprōmissō | comprōmissīs |
| Vocative | comprōmissum | comprōmissa |
Descendants
Descendants of compromissum in other languages
- Catalan: compromís
- Crimean Tatar: kompromiss
- Czech: kompromis
- Danish: kompromis
- Dutch: compromis
- English: compromise
- French: compromis
- Galician: compromiso
- German: Kompromiss
- Italian: compromesso
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kompromiss
- Nynorsk: kompromiss
- Polish: kompromis
- Portuguese: compromisso
- Russian: компроми́сс (kompromíss)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: компромис
- Latin: kompromis
- Spanish: compromiso
- Swedish: kompromiss
References
- “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compromissum 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)
- compromissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “compromissum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “compromissum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin