responsum
English
Noun
responsum
- singular of responsa
Latin
Etymology
From respondeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /resˈpon.sum/, [rɛs̠ˈpõːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /resˈpon.sum/, [resˈpɔnsum]
Noun
respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension
- answer, response
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.651-652:
- ille dabat tacitīs animō respōnsa quiētō noctibus
- [...] that was giving responses to a restful mind on silent nights
(The nighttime responses came from the ‘‘Maenalian deity.’’ See Mainalo and Pan (god).)
- [...] that was giving responses to a restful mind on silent nights
- ille dabat tacitīs animō respōnsa quiētō noctibus
- opinion, advice, consultation
- oracle
- correspondence, symmetry, proportion
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | respōnsum | respōnsa |
Genitive | respōnsī | respōnsōrum |
Dative | respōnsō | respōnsīs |
Accusative | respōnsum | respōnsa |
Ablative | respōnsō | respōnsīs |
Vocative | respōnsum | respōnsa |
Synonyms
- (opinion): ratio
Descendants
- Catalan: respons
- Dutch: respons
- English: response
- French: réponse
- Italian: responso
- Norman: rêponse
- Portuguese: responso
- Romanian: răspuns
- Spanish: responso
Verb
respōnsum
- accusative supine of respondeō
Participle
respōnsum
- inflection of respōnsus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “responsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “responsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- responsum 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)
- responsum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- responsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
- (ambiguous) to give an oracular response: responsum dare (vid. sect. VIII. 5, note Note to answer...), respondere
- (ambiguous) to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin responsum. Doublet of respons.
Noun
responsum n (definite singular responsumet, indefinite plural responsum, definite plural responsuma)
- (law) an answer from an expert (group); an expert opinion