testimonium

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Noun[edit]

testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)

  1. evidence, testimony

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

testimonium n (plural testimoniums or testimonia)

  1. testimony

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From testis (witness) +‎ -mōnium (obligation).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī or testimōnī); second declension

  1. 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.
  2. evidence, proof

Declension[edit]

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).

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References[edit]

  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
    • to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonier, definite plural testimonia or testimoniene)

  1. (formal) testimony
  2. (formal) certificate

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonium, definite plural testimonia)

  1. (formal) testimony
  2. (formal) certificate

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

testimonium n

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Declension[edit]

Declension of testimonium 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative testimonium testimoniet testimonier testimonierna
Genitive testimoniums testimoniets testimoniers testimoniernas

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