wadium

Latin

Alternative forms

• waddium, vadium, gadium, gaidium, guadium, wadia, watgium

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *waddī (“wager, stake, pledge”).

Attested in the eighth-century Reichenau Glossary.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.di.um/, [ˈu̯äd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈwa.di.um/, [ˈwäːd̪ium]

Noun

wadium n (genitive wadiī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. pledge
2. legal contract
3. marriage contract
4. mortgage
5. death certificate
6. will
7. salary, wage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	wadium	wadia
genitive	wadiī	wadiōrum
dative	wadiō	wadiīs
accusative	wadium	wadia
ablative	wadiō	wadiīs
vocative	wadium	wadia

Derived terms

• wadiaria
• wadiarius
• wadiatio
• wadiator
• wadiō
• wadius