auctoramentum

Latin

Etymology

auctōrō (“to bind oneself, give a pledge”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯k.toː.raːˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪oːräːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯k.to.raˈmen.tum/, [äu̯kt̪ɔräˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

auctōrāmentum n (genitive auctōrāmentī); second declension

the recompense for which one binds himself to some service or duty; wages, a reward
(less common) that which binds or obliges one to the performance of certain services; a contract

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta
Genitive	auctōrāmentī	auctōrāmentōrum
Dative	auctōrāmentō	auctōrāmentīs
Accusative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta
Ablative	auctōrāmentō	auctōrāmentīs
Vocative	auctōrāmentum	auctōrāmenta

References

auctoramentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
auctoramentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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