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English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Latin mūtuum (“loan”), neuter substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).
Noun
mutuum (plural mutuums or mutua)
- (Roman law, civil law) A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality.
- A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.
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Latin
Etymology 1
Substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).
Adverb
mutuum (not comparable)
- reciprocally, interchangeably, mutually
Noun
mūtuum n (genitive mūtuī); second declension
- loan
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Etymology 2
Inflection form of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).
Adjective
mūtuum
- inflection of mūtuus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- mutuum 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)
- “mutuum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mutuum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti