promissio, promissionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
promise; act/instance of promising; guarantee that proof will come (rhetoric);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | promissio | promissiones |
| Gen. | promissionis | promissionum, promissionium |
| Dat. | promissioni | promissionibus |
| Acc. | promissionem | promissiones |
| Voc. | promissio | promissiones |
| Abl. | promissione | promissionibus |
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...libera atque etiam effrenatior augendi causa, iracundia, obiurgatio, promissio, deprecatio, obsecratio, declinatio brevis a proposito, non ut superior..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...curationis paret, quod videtur in alio fratre explicata promissio: an alterum medicus sanaverit, fortuna viderit; quod negari..."