arbitrium

== Latin == === Etymology === From arbiter + -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈbɪ.tri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈbiː.tri.um] === Noun === arbitrium n (genitive arbitriī or arbitrī); second declension the decision of an arbiter, arbitration judgement, decision, opinion discretion, liberal decision; arbitrary decision, whim mastery, dominion, authority Synonyms: potestās, imperium, auctōritās, diciō, ductus, regimen, regimentum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Alternative forms ==== arbiterium ==== Descendants ==== The forms that reflect /ī/ as opposed to the expected /i/ may be due to yod metathesis (/idrju > ijdru/), or indicate borrowings. Catalan: albir Old French: arvoire (“illusion; doubt”) Leonese: albidru (“reasoning”) Old Occitan: albire (“imagination, thought”) Occitan: aubire Portuguese: alvedrio (“free will”), alvitre (“suggestion, advice”) Spanish: albedrío (“will”) Sicilian: arbitru (“tool, contrivance”) → French: arbitre → Italian: arbitrio → Portuguese: arbítrio → Spanish: arbitrio === References === “arbitrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arbitrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "arbitrium", 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) “arbitrium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.