donativum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Neuter substantivation of dōnō + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /doː.naːˈtiː.u̯um/, [d̪oːnäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.naˈti.vum/, [d̪onäˈt̪iːvum]
Noun
[edit]dōnātīvum n (genitive dōnātīvī); second declension
- financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers at the accession of the Emperor, later than Augustus
- (rare) financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers on occasion of a triumph in the Republican era
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) gift
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dōnātīvum | dōnātīva |
| genitive | dōnātīvī | dōnātīvōrum |
| dative | dōnātīvō | dōnātīvīs |
| accusative | dōnātīvum | dōnātīva |
| ablative | dōnātīvō | dōnātīvīs |
| vocative | dōnātīvum | dōnātīva |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “donativum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “donativum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- donativum 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)
- donativum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “donativum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “donativum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin