mandatum

See also: mandátum

Latin

Etymology 1

From mandare

Noun

mandātum n (genitive mandātī); second declension

1. mandate, command, law, order to do something
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:13

     nam cum ab infantia sua semper Deum timuerit et mandata eius custodierit non est contristatus contra Deum quod plaga caecitatis evenerit ei (For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mandātum	mandāta
Genitive	mandātī	mandātōrum
Dative	mandātō	mandātīs
Accusative	mandātum	mandāta
Ablative	mandātō	mandātīs
Vocative	mandātum	mandāta

Descendants

• Old French: mandé
  • English: maundy
• French: mandat

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) mandātum

1. nominative neuter singular of mandātus
2. accusative masculine singular of mandātus
3. accusative neuter singular of mandātus
4. vocative neuter singular of mandātus

Etymology 3

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mandātum

1. accusative supine of mandō