responsum

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English

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Noun

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responsum

  1. singular of responsa

Latin

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Etymology

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From respondeō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension

  1. 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).)
  2. opinion, advice, consultation
  3. oracle
  4. correspondence, symmetry, proportion

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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Verb

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respōnsum

  1. accusative supine of respondeō

Participle

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respōnsum

  1. inflection of respōnsus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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  • 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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • responsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin responsum. Doublet of respons.

Noun

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responsum n (definite singular responsumet, indefinite plural responsum, definite plural responsuma)

  1. (law) an answer from an expert (group); an expert opinion