Verb

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responsus

  1. conditional of responsar

Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of respondeō.

Participle

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respōnsus (feminine respōnsa, neuter respōnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. replied

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • Old French: respons
  • Romanian: răspuns
  • Spanish: respuso

References

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  • responsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • responsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
  • responsus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016