pensum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pensum. Doublet of peso. === Noun === pensum (plural pensums) (dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment. == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pēnsum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛnsɔm/, [ˈpʰɛnsɔm] === Noun === pensum n (singular definite pensummet, plural indefinite pensa) syllabus, curriculum task, assignment examination requirements ==== Inflection ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pēnsum. Doublet of poids, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛ̃.sɔm/ === Noun === pensum m (plural pensums) (archaic) pensum (at school); lines (UK) chore === Further reading === “pensum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Neuter of past participle of pendō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpẽː.sũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛn.sum] === Noun === pēnsum n (genitive pēnsī); second declension allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) work quota, a day’s work task, job, duty, assignment, engagement ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== pēnsō ==== Descendants ==== Via Vulgar Latin *pēsum: === References === “pensum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pensum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pensum", 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) “pensum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “pensum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pēnsum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛnsʉm/, [ˈpʰɛnsʉm] === Noun === pensum n (definite singular pensumet, indefinite plural pensa or pensumer, definite plural pensaene or pensuma or pensumene) syllabus, curriculum task, assignment examination requirements === References === “pensum” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “pensum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pēnsum. === Noun === pensum n (definite singular pensumet, indefinite plural pensum, definite plural pensuma) syllabus, curriculum task, assignment examination requirements ==== Inflection ==== === References === “pensum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pensum. Doublet of peso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.sum/ Rhymes: -ɛnsum Syllabification: pen‧sum === Noun === pensum n teaching load; quota (set number of workhours for a teacher or a lecturer) (literary) quota (certain amount of something) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “pensum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “pensum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)