donativum

Latin

Etymology

Neuter substantivation of dōnō + -īvus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /doː.naːˈtiː.wum/, [doː.naːˈtiː.wũ]

Noun

dōnātīvum n (genitive dōnātīvī); second declension

  1. financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers at the accession of the Emperor, later than Augustus
  2. (rare) financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers on occasion of a triumph in the Republican era
  3. (ecclesiastical) gift

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dōnātīvum dōnātīva
Genitive dōnātīvī dōnātīvōrum
Dative dōnātīvō dōnātīvīs
Accusative dōnātīvum dōnātīva
Ablative dōnātīvō dōnātīvīs
Vocative dōnātīvum dōnātīva

Descendants

References

  • donativum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • donativum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • donativum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • donativum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • donativum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • donativum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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