testimonium

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Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Noun

testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)

  1. evidence, testimony

Declension

Declension of testimonium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative testimonium testimoniet testimonier testimonierne
genitive testimoniums testimoniets testimoniers testimoniernes

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testimōnium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

testimonium n (plural testimoniums or testimonia)

  1. testimony

Latin

Etymology

From testis (“witness”) +‎ -mōnium (“obligation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī or testimōnī); second declension

  1. testimony, witness
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.16:
      Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
      Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  2. evidence, proof

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative testimōnium testimōnia
Genitive testimōniī
testimōnī1 		testimōniōrum
Dative testimōniō testimōniīs
Accusative testimōnium testimōnia
Ablative testimōniō testimōniīs
Vocative testimōnium testimōnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “testimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • testimonium 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
    • to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonier, definite plural testimonia or testimoniene)

  1. (formal) testimony
  2. (formal) certificate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

testimonium n (definite singular testimoniet, indefinite plural testimonium, definite plural testimonia)

  1. (formal) testimony
  2. (formal) certificate

Swedish

Noun

testimonium n

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Declension

Declension of testimonium 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative testimonium testimoniet testimonier testimonierna
Genitive testimoniums testimoniets testimoniers testimoniernas

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