pactus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pangō.

Participle

pāctus (feminine pācta, neuter pāctum); first/second-declension participle

1. fastened, fixed
2. planted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pāctus	pācta	pāctum		pāctī	pāctae	pācta
genitive	pāctī	pāctae	pāctī		pāctōrum	pāctārum	pāctōrum
dative	pāctō	pāctae	pāctō		pāctīs
accusative	pāctum	pāctam	pāctum		pāctōs	pāctās	pācta
ablative	pāctō	pāctā	pāctō		pāctīs
vocative	pācte	pācta	pāctum		pāctī	pāctae	pācta

Descendants

• Romanian: pat (possibly)

Etymology 2

Perfect active participle of pacīscor.

Participle

pactus (feminine pacta, neuter pactum); first/second-declension participle

1. having arranged by negotiation, agreed
2. having solemnly promised, pledged; having betrothed
3. taken in the passive voice:
   1. arranged, agreed
   2. betrothed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pactus	pacta	pactum		pactī	pactae	pacta
genitive	pactī	pactae	pactī		pactōrum	pactārum	pactōrum
dative	pactō	pactae	pactō		pactīs
accusative	pactum	pactam	pactum		pactōs	pactās	pacta
ablative	pactō	pactā	pactō		pactīs
vocative	pacte	pacta	pactum		pactī	pactae	pacta

Related terms

• pactum

Noun

pactus m (genitive pactūs); fourth declension

1. (Late Latin) alternative form of pactum (“agreement, bargain, pact”)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pactus	pactūs
genitive	pactūs	pactuum
dative	pactuī	pactibus
accusative	pactum	pactūs
ablative	pactū	pactibus
vocative	pactus	pactūs

Descendants

• Old Occitan: pati, patu
  • Occitan: pati
  • Catalan: pati
  • → Portuguese: pátio
  • → Spanish: patio

References

• “pactus” on page 1410 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pactus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pactus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • according to treaty: ex pacto, ex foedere
    
  • (ambiguous) the stipulated reward for anything: pacta merces alicuius rei