iuramentum

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūrāmentum

Etymology

iūrō (“I swear, vow”) +‎ -mentum (“-ment”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uː.raːˈmen.tum/, [i̯uːräːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ju.raˈmen.tum/, [juräˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

iūrāmentum n (genitive iūrāmentī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) oath

   Synonyms: iūs iūrandum, iūrandum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūrāmentum	iūrāmenta
Genitive	iūrāmentī	iūrāmentōrum
Dative	iūrāmentō	iūrāmentīs
Accusative	iūrāmentum	iūrāmenta
Ablative	iūrāmentō	iūrāmentīs
Vocative	iūrāmentum	iūrāmenta

Synonyms

• [Term?]

Descendants

• Aromanian: giurãmintu
• Asturian: xuramentu
• Catalan: jurament
• Friulian: zurament, ğurament
• Galician: xuramento
• Italian: giuramento
• Ladin: jurament
• Occitan: jurament
• Portuguese: juramento
• Romanian: jurământ
• Romansch: güramaint, engirament
• Sardinian: giuramentu, zuramentu
• Sicilian: juramentu
• Spanish: juramento
• Venetian: giuramento

References

• iuramentum 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)