pactus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of pangō.
Participle
pāctus (feminine pācta, neuter pāctum); first/second-declension participle
- fastened, fixed
- planted
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pāctus | pācta | pāctum | pāctī | pāctae | pācta | |
| Genitive | pāctī | pāctae | pāctī | pāctōrum | pāctārum | pāctōrum | |
| Dative | pāctō | pāctō | pāctīs | ||||
| Accusative | pāctum | pāctam | pāctum | pāctōs | pāctās | pācta | |
| Ablative | pāctō | pāctā | pāctō | pāctīs | |||
| Vocative | pācte | pācta | pāctum | pāctī | pāctae | pācta | |
Descendants
- Romanian: pat (possibly)
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of pacīscor.
Participle
pactus (feminine pacta, neuter pactum); first/second-declension participle
- arranged by negotiation, agreed
- solemnly promised, pledged
- betrothed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pactus | pacta | pactum | pactī | pactae | pacta | |
| Genitive | pactī | pactae | pactī | pactōrum | pactārum | pactōrum | |
| Dative | pactō | pactō | pactīs | ||||
| Accusative | pactum | pactam | pactum | pactōs | pactās | pacta | |
| Ablative | pactō | pactā | pactō | pactīs | |||
| Vocative | pacte | pacta | pactum | pactī | pactae | pacta | |
Related terms
- pactum
Noun
pactus m (genitive pactūs); fourth declension
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of pactum (“agreement, bargain, pact”)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pactus | pactūs |
| Genitive | pactūs | pactuum |
| Dative | pactuī | pactibus |
| Accusative | pactum | pactūs |
| Ablative | pactū | pactibus |
| Vocative | pactus | pactūs |
References
- “pactus” on page 1410 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pactus 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)
- pactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere
- (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei
- according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere