pignus

== Latin == === Etymology === Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- or *peyḱ-; others refer it to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”); its meaning perhaps being "something pinned/fixed/retained (as pledge)". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɪŋ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiɲ.ɲus] === Noun === pignus n (genitive pignoris); third declension pledge, mortgage Synonyms: vōtum, fīdūcia hostage wager, stake child a ring or a bracelet exchanged between lovers ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== pignerō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “pignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pignus", 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) “pignus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “pignus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “pignus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin