promissum

Latin

Etymology

From promissus, from promittō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈmis.sum/, [proːˈmɪs.sũ]

Noun

prōmissum n (genitive prōmissī); second declension

  1. promise

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

Verb

prōmissum

  1. supine of prōmittō

References
  • promissum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • promissum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • promissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare
    • (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare
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