votum

See also: Votum

Latin

Etymology 1

From voveō (“vow”).

Noun

vōtum n (genitive vōtī); second declension

1. promise, dedication, vow
2. determination, will, desire
3. prayer

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vōtum	vōta
Genitive	vōtī	vōtōrum
Dative	vōtō	vōtīs
Accusative	vōtum	vōta
Ablative	vōtō	vōtīs
Vocative	vōtum	vōta

Related terms

• vōtifer
• vōtīvitās
• vōtīvus
• vōtus
• voveō

Descendants

• Asturian: votu
• Catalan: vot
• English: vote, vow
• French: vœu, vote
• Galician: voto
• German: Votum
• Irish: vóta
• Italian: voto
• Occitan: vòt
• Piedmontese: vut
• Portuguese: bodo, boda, bodas, voto
• Romanian: vot, votum
• Spanish: boda, voto

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) vōtum

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

References

• “votum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “votum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• votum 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)
• votum 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 wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
    
• “vow”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin votum

Noun

votum n (definite singular votumet, indefinite plural vota, definite plural votaene)

1. a vote

Synonyms

• stemme

Derived terms

• mistillitsvotum

References

• “votum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “votum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin votum

Noun

votum n (definite singular votumet, indefinite plural votum, definite plural votuma)

1. a vote

Synonyms

• stemme, røyst

Derived terms

• mistillitsvotum

References

• “votum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.