responsum

responsum

1. singular of responsa

From respondeō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /resˈpon.sum/, [rɛs̠ˈpõːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈpon.sum/, [resˈpɔnsum]

respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension

1. answer, response
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.651–652:

     ille dabat tacitīs animō respōnsa quiētō noctibus

     [...] that was giving responses to a restful mind on silent nights
     (The nighttime responses came from the ‘‘Maenalian deity.’’ See Mainalo and Pan (god).)

2. opinion, advice, consultation
3. oracle
4. correspondence, symmetry, proportion

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• (opinion): ratio

respōnsum

1. accusative supine of respondeō

respōnsum

1. inflection of respōnsus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• responsum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• responsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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
    

From Latin responsum. Doublet of respons.

responsum n (definite singular responsumet, indefinite plural responsum, definite plural responsuma)

1. (law) an answer from an expert (group); an expert opinion