Latin

Noun

respōnsum n ‎(genitive respōnsī); second declension

1. answer, response

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

Verb

respōnsum

1. supine of respondeō

Participle

respōnsum

1. nominative neuter singular of respōnsus
2. accusative masculine singular of respōnsus
3. accusative neuter singular of respōnsus
4. vocative neuter singular of respōnsus

References

• responsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• responsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RESPONSUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “responsum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to give an oracular response: responsum dare (vid. sect. VIII. 5, note Note to answer...), respondere