pactum

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From pangō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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pāctum

  1. inflection of pāctus (fixed, fastened):
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Etymology 2

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Originally from pacīscor (to arrange by negotiation), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to fix; settle), whence also pāx (peace). Not easily distinguishable from Etymology 1 already in Proto-Indo-European, which might reflect an eventual merger of a split outcome of the same root.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Note: uncertainty about derivation likely entailed variation in the length of the /a/; however, vowel reduction in compectum indicates that it was originally short.

Participle

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pactum

  1. inflection of pactus (arranged by negotiation, agreed):
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Noun

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pactum n (genitive pactī); second declension

  1. an agreement, bargain, pact
    Synonyms: compositum, condiciō, stipulātiō
  2. (in adverbial expressions) a means, manner, method, consideration
    Synonyms: modus, ratiō, via
    quō pactō possum vīvere sī..?how can I live when..?
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pactum pacta
Genitive pactī pactōrum
Dative pactō pactīs
Accusative pactum pacta
Ablative pactō pactīs
Vocative pactum pacta
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Descendants
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  • >? Catalan: pati
  • Friulian: pat
  • Italian: patto
  • Old Occitan: pati, patu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: peito (tribute)
  • Old Spanish: pecho (tribute)
  • Sicilian: pattu
  • Borrowings:

References

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Further reading

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  • pactum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pactum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pactum 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)
  • pactum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.