promissum

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Latin

Etymology

From promissus, from promittō.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōmissum n (genitive prōmissī); second declension

  1. promise
    Synonyms: pollicitum, prōmissiō, crēdentia, fidēs
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.685–686:
      illa deum prōmissō lūdit inānī
      et stultam dubiā spem trahit usque morā.
      She tricks the god with an empty promise,
      and prolongs his foolish hope with dubious delay.
      (The elderly goddess Anna Perenna amused herself by deceiving Mars after he sought her help in wooing Minverva.)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative prōmissum prōmissa
genitive prōmissī prōmissōrum
dative prōmissō prōmissīs
accusative prōmissum prōmissa
ablative prōmissō prōmissīs
vocative prōmissum prōmissa

Descendants

Verb

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare
    • (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare
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