vadimonium

English

Etymology

From Latin vadimōnium.

Noun

vadimonium (plural vadimonia)

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a court settlement; a promise secured by bail.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *waðemōniom, equivalent to vas (“surety, bail”) +‎ -mōnium (“obligation”). Cognate to Oscan 𐌅𐌀𐌀𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌉𐌌 (vaamunim).

Noun

vadimōnium n (genitive vadimōniī or vadimōnī); second declension

1. a promise secured by bail
2. (figuratively) an appointment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vadimōnium	vadimōnia
genitive	vadimōniī vadimōnī1	vadimōniōrum
dative	vadimōniō	vadimōniīs
accusative	vadimōnium	vadimōnia
ablative	vadimōniō	vadimōniīs
vocative	vadimōnium	vadimōnia

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

References

• “vadimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vadimonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vadimonium 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)
• vadimonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vadimonium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vadimonium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin