responsus

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Ido

Verb

responsus

  1. conditional of responsar

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of respondeō.

Participle

respōnsus (feminine respōnsa, neuter respōnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. replied

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative respōnsus respōnsa respōnsum respōnsī respōnsae respōnsa
Genitive respōnsī respōnsae respōnsī respōnsōrum respōnsārum respōnsōrum
Dative respōnsō respōnsō respōnsīs
Accusative respōnsum respōnsam respōnsum respōnsōs respōnsās respōnsa
Ablative respōnsō respōnsā respōnsō respōnsīs
Vocative respōnse respōnsa respōnsum respōnsī respōnsae respōnsa

Descendants

  • Old French: respons
  • Romanian: răspuns
  • Spanish: respuso

References

  • responsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • responsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • 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
  • responsus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016