testimonium
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testimōnium.
Noun
testimonium n (singular definite testimoniet, plural indefinite testimonier)
References
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tes.tiˈmoː.ni.um/, [tɛs.tɪˈmoː.ni.ũ]
Noun
testimōnium n (genitive testimōniī); second declension
- testimony
- evidence, proof
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.16
- Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
| genitive | testimōniī | testimōniōrum |
| dative | testimōniō | testimōniīs |
| accusative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
| ablative | testimōniō | testimōniīs |
| vocative | testimōnium | testimōnia |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: testimoni
- English: testimony
- French: témoin
- Friulian: testimone
- Italian: testimonio, testimone
- Norman: têmoin
- Old Portuguese: testimonio
- Portuguese: testemunho, testemônio
- Sardinian: distimonzu, testimóngiu, tistimognu
- Spanish: testimonio
- Venetian: testimònio
References
- testimonium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testimonium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- testimonium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
- to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere
- to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
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