compromissum

Latin

Etymology

Neuter of compromissus, past participle of compromitto.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.proːˈmis.sum/, [kɔmproːˈmɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.proˈmis.sum/, [komproˈmisːum]

Noun

comprōmissum n (genitive comprōmissī); second declension

1. A mutual promise (to abide by a judgement or arbitration)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa
Genitive	comprōmissī	comprōmissōrum
Dative	comprōmissō	comprōmissīs
Accusative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa
Ablative	comprōmissō	comprōmissīs
Vocative	comprōmissum	comprōmissa

Descendants

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• Catalan: compromís
• Crimean Tatar: kompromiss
• Czech: kompromis
• Danish: kompromis
• Dutch: compromis
• English: compromise
• French: compromis
• Galician: compromiso
• German: Kompromiss
• Italian: compromesso
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompromiss

  Nynorsk: kompromiss

• Polish: kompromis
• Portuguese: compromisso
• Russian: компроми́сс (kompromíss)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: компромис

  Latin script: kompromis

• Spanish: compromiso
• Swedish: kompromiss

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References

• “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compromissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compromissum 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)
• compromissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “compromissum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “compromissum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin