pensum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pensum. Doublet of peso.
Noun
pensum (plural pensums)
- (dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment.
- 1955, Samuel Beckett, Patrick Bowles (translator), Molloy:
- You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it wept.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pensum n (singular definite pensummet, plural indefinite pensa)
Inflection
Declension of pensum
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pensum | pensummet | pensa | pensaene |
genitive | pensums | pensummets | pensas | pensaenes |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pēnsum. Doublet of poids, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Noun
pensum m (plural pensums)
Further reading
- “pensum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Neuter of past participle of pendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpen.sum/, [ˈpẽːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpen.sum/, [ˈpɛnsum]
Noun
pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī); second declension
- allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
- work quota, a day’s work
- task, job, duty, assignment, engagement
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
Genitive | pēnsī | pēnsōrum |
Dative | pēnsō | pēnsīs |
Accusative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
Ablative | pēnsō | pēnsīs |
Vocative | pēnsum | pēnsa |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pensum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pensum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pensum 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)
- pensum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pensum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pensum n (definite singular pensumet, indefinite plural pensa or pensumer, definite plural pensaene or pensuma or pensumene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
pensum n (definite singular pensumet, indefinite plural pensum, definite plural pensuma)
Inflection
Historical inflection of pensum
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. |
References
- “pensum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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