promissum

Latin

Etymology

From promissus, from promittō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

prōmissum n (genitive prōmissī); second declension

1. promise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōmissum	prōmissa
Genitive	prōmissī	prōmissōrum
Dative	prōmissō	prōmissīs
Accusative	prōmissum	prōmissa
Ablative	prōmissō	prōmissīs
Vocative	prōmissum	prōmissa

Descendants

• Asturian: promesa
• Catalan: promesa
• Galician: promesa
• Italian: promessa
• Old French: promesse
  • → Middle English: promis, promisse
    • English: promise
  • French: promesse
• Portuguese: promessa
• Spanish: promesa
  • → Chavacano: promesa

Verb

(deprecated template usage) prōmissum

1. accusative supine of prōmittō

References

• “promissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “promissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• promissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare
    
  • (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare