auctoramentum

Latin

Etymology

auctōrō (“to bind oneself, give a pledge”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯k.toː.raːˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oːräːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯k.to.raˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oräˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

auctōrāmentum n (genitive auctōrāmentī); second declension

1. the recompense for which one binds himself to some service or duty; wages, a reward
2. (less common) that which binds or obliges one to the performance of certain services; a contract

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta
genitive	auctōrāmentī	auctōrāmentōrum
dative	auctōrāmentō	auctōrāmentīs
accusative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta
ablative	auctōrāmentō	auctōrāmentīs
vocative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta

Descendants

• Polish: autorament

References

• “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auctoramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers