donativum

Latin

Etymology

Neuter substantivation of dōnō +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /doː.naːˈtiː.u̯um/, [d̪oːnäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.naˈti.vum/, [d̪onäˈt̪iːvum]

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 Latin) gift

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Descendants

• Spanish: donadío
• → English: donative
• → Portuguese: donativo

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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