testimonium
Danish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.
Noun
testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)
- evidence, testimony
Declension
Declension of testimonium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | testimonium | testimoniet | testimonier | testimonierne |
| genitive | testimoniums | testimoniets | testimoniers | testimoniernes |
Further reading
- “testimonium” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “testimonium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
testimonium n (plural testimoniums or testimonia)
- testimony
Latin
Etymology
From testis (“witness”) + -mōnium (“obligation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tes.tiˈmoː.ni.um/, [t̪ɛs̠t̪ɪˈmoːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tes.tiˈmo.ni.um/, [t̪est̪iˈmɔːnium]
Noun
testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī or testimōnī); second declension
- testimony, witness
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus 20:16:
- Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
- evidence, proof
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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
- testātiō
- testātus
- testificātiō
- testificor
- testis
- testor
Descendants
- Catalan: testimoni
- English: testimony
- French: témoin
- Friulian: testimone
- Italian: testimonio, testimone
- Norman: têmoin
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: testimoni
- Occitan: testimòni
- Old Portuguese: testimonio
- Galician: testemuño
- Portuguese: testemunho, testemônio
- Romanian: testimoniu
- Sardinian: distimonzu, testimóngiu, tistimognu
- Spanish: testimonio
- Venetian: testimònio
- Welsh: testun
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, 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
| Declension of testimonium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | testimonium | testimoniet | testimonier | testimonierna |
| Genitive | testimoniums | testimoniets | testimoniers | testimoniernas |
Further reading
- testimonium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- testimonium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)