donativum

== Latin == === Etymology === Neuter substantivation of dōnō +‎ -īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [doː.naːˈtiː.wũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [do.naˈtiː.vum] === Noun === dōnātīvum n (genitive dōnātīvī); second declension financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers at the accession of the Emperor, later than Augustus (rare) financial gratuity given to Roman soldiers on occasion of a triumph in the Republican era (Ecclesiastical Latin) gift ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: donadío → English: donative Italian: donativo → Portuguese: donativo === References === “donativum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “donativum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "donativum", 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) “donativum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “donativum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “donativum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin