German

Noun

Votum n ‎(genitive Votums, plural Vota or Voten)

1. say
2. vote

Declension

Latin

Noun

vōtum n ‎(genitive vōtī); second declension

1. promise, dedication, vow
2. determination, will, desire
3. prayer

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• vōtifer
• vōtīvitās
• vōtīvus
• vōtus
• voveō

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

vōtum

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

References

• votum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• votum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VOTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “votum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
    
• vow in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911