Latin

Noun

praemium n ‎(genitive praemiī); second declension

1. prize, reward
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V

     Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.

     Happiness is not a reward of virtue, but is a virtue itself.

2. bribe, bribery

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• praemium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praemium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praemium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to remunerate (handsomely): praemiis (amplissimis, maximis) aliquem afficere
    
  • to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
    
  • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    
  • to offer a prize (for the winner): praemium ponere