Latin

Noun

prōmissum n ‎(genitive prōmissī); second declension

1. promise

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: promise
• French: promesse
• Galician: promesa
• Italian: promessa
• Spanish: promesa

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “promissum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abide by one's undertaking: promisso stare
    
  • (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare