auctoramentum
Latin
Etymology
auctōrō (“to bind oneself, give a pledge”) + -mentum
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯k.toː.raːˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oːräːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯k.to.raˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪ɔräˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
auctōrāmentum n (genitive auctōrāmentī); second declension
- the recompense for which one binds himself to some service or duty; wages, a reward
- (less common) that which binds or obliges one to the performance of certain services; a contract
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| Genitive | auctōrāmentī | auctōrāmentōrum |
| Dative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| Accusative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
| Ablative | auctōrāmentō | auctōrāmentīs |
| Vocative | auctōrāmentum | auctōrāmenta |
References
- auctoramentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- auctoramentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers