promissum

Latin

Etymology

Frompromissus,frompromittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/proːˈmis.sum/,[proːˈmɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/proˈmis.sum/,[proˈmisːum]

Noun

prōmissumn(genitiveprōmissī);second declension

1. promise

   Synonyms:pollicitum,prōmissiō,crēdentia,fidēs

   • 8CE,Ovid,Fasti3.685–686:

     [...] illa deumprōmissōlūdit inānī
     et stultam dubiā spem trahit usque morā.

     She tricks the god with an emptypromise,
     and prolongs his foolish hope with dubious delay.
     (The elderly goddessAnna Perennaamused herself by deceiving Mars after he sought her help in wooing Minverva.)

Declension

Second-declensionnoun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōmissum	prōmissa
Genitive	prōmissī	prōmissōrum
Dative	prōmissō	prōmissīs
Accusative	prōmissum	prōmissa
Ablative	prōmissō	prōmissīs
Vocative	prōmissum	prōmissa

Descendants

• Asturian:promesa
• Catalan:promesa
• Galician:promesa
• Italian:promessa
• Old French:promesse
  • →Middle English:promis,promisse
    • English:promise
  • French:promesse
• Portuguese:promessa
• Spanish:promesa
  • →Chavacano:promesa

Verb

prōmissum

1. accusativesupineofprōmittō

References

• “promissum”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “promissum”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• promissuminGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to abide by one's undertaking:promisso stare
    
  • (ambiguous)to fulfil a promise:fidem (promissum) praestare