testimonium

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Noun

testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)

1. evidence, testimony

Declension

Declension of testimonium

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	testimonium	testimoniet	testimonier	testimonierne
genitive	testimoniums	testimoniets	testimoniers	testimoniernes

Further reading

• “testimonium” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “testimonium” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

testimonium n (plural testimoniums or testimonia, no diminutive)

1. testimony

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *trito-sth₂-o-s

Proto-Italic *tristos

Latin *terstis

Latin testis

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -mōnium

Latin testimōnium

From testis (“witness”) + -mōnium (“obligation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛs.tɪˈmoː.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tes.tiˈmɔː.ni.um]

Noun

testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī or testimōnī); second declension

1. testimony, witness
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Exodus.20.16:

     Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.

     Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

2. evidence, proof

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	testimōnium	testimōnia
genitive	testimōniī testimōnī1	testimōniōrum
dative	testimōniō	testimōniīs
accusative	testimōnium	testimōnia
ablative	testimōniō	testimōniīs
vocative	testimōnium	testimōnia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• testātiō
• testātus
• testificātiō
• testificor
• testis
• testor

Descendants

Descendants

• Old French: tesmoin, tesmoing
  • Middle French: tesmoing
    • French: témoin
  • Norman: têmoin

Ancient borrowings:

• → Albanian: dëshmi

Borrowings:

• → Old Northern French: testemoingne, testimonie (learned)
  • → Middle English: testimony
    • English: testimony
• Friulian: testimone
• Italian: testimonio, testimone
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: testimoni
  • Occitan: testimòni
• Old Galician-Portuguese: testimonio
  • Galician: testemuño
  • Portuguese: testemunho, testemônio
• Romanian: testimoniu
• Sardinian: distimonzu, testimóngiu, tistimognu
• Spanish: testimonio
• Venetan: testimònio
• → Proto-Brythonic: *testʉn
  • Middle Breton: testeni
    • Breton: testeni
  • Old Cornish: tistuni
    • Middle Cornish: dustuny
  • Middle Welsh: testun
    • Welsh: testun
• → Old Irish: testimin

References

• “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "testimonium", 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)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
    
  • to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere
    

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonier, definite plural testimonia or testimoniene)

1. (formal) testimony
2. (formal) certificate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonium, definite plural testimonia)

1. (formal) testimony
2. (formal) certificate

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛstɪˈmuːnɪʊm/

Noun

testimonium n

1. (dated, formal) testimonial

   Synonyms: intyg, vitsord

Declension

Declension of testimonium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	testimonium	testimoniums
	definite	testimoniet	testimoniets
plural	indefinite	testimonier	testimoniers
	definite	testimonierna	testimoniernas

References

• “testimonium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “testimonium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “testimonium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)