responsum

English

Etymology

From Latin respōnsum. Doublet of response.

Noun

responsum

1. singular of responsa

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *spend-

Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti

Proto-Italic *spondejō

Proto-Italic *spondeō

Latin spondeō

Latin respondeō

Latin respōnsum

From respondeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛsˈpõː.sũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [resˈpɔn.sum]

Noun

respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension

1. answer, response
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, 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

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	respōnsum	respōnsa
genitive	respōnsī	respōnsōrum
dative	respōnsō	respōnsīs
accusative	respōnsum	respōnsa
ablative	respōnsō	respōnsīs
vocative	respōnsum	respōnsa

Synonyms

• (opinion): ratio

Descendants

• Catalan: respons
• Dutch: respons
• English: response
• French: réponse
• Italian: responso
• Norman: rêponse
• Portuguese: responso
• Romanian: răspuns
• Spanish: responso

Verb

respōnsum

1. accusative supine of respondeō

Participle

respōnsum

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

References

• “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, 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 (2003-2026), 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

Etymology

From Latin responsum. Doublet of respons.

Noun

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

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