responsum

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English

Noun

responsum

  1. singular of responsa

Latin

Etymology

From respondeō.

Pronunciation

Noun

respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension

  1. answer, response
    • 8 CE, Ovid, 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).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative respōnsum respōnsa
Genitive respōnsī respōnsōrum
Dative respōnsō respōnsīs
Accusative respōnsum respōnsa
Ablative respōnsō respōnsīs
Vocative respōnsum respōnsa

Synonyms

Descendants

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’s 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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • responsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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
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