LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pactum

pactum n (genitive pactī)
Classical[ˈpak.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpak.tum]

Meaning

  1. neuteran agreement, bargain, pact
    Near-synonym: foedus
  2. neutera means, manner, method, consideration
    quō pactō possum vīvere sī..?how can I live when..?
    quo pacto ius nostrum adipiscamurhow we may obtain our right27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 1.32

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepactumpacta
genitivepactīpactōrum
dativepactōpactīs
accusativepactumpacta
ablativepactōpactīs
vocativepactumpacta

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

pactum, i, n., v. pacisco
I. fin.

Origins

Originally from pacīscor (“to arrange by negotiation”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fix; settle”), whence also pāx (“peace”). Not easily distinguishable from Etymology 2 already in Proto-Indo-European, which might reflect an eventual merger of a split outcome of the same root.

Borrowings
  • Catalanpacte
  • Englishpact
  • Frenchpacte
  • GermanPacht
  • GermanPakt
  • Portuguesepacto
  • Portuguesepauta
  • Romanianpact
  • Spanishpacto
  • Spanishpauta
Elsewhere
  • Italianpatto
  • Portuguesepeitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese peito
  • Portuguesepeitafrom Old Galician-Portuguese peito
  • Late Latinpactus
  • Friulianpat
  • Old Leonesepechar
  • Galicianpeitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese peito
  • Old Spanishpecho
  • Sicilianpattu

Quick answers

What does pactum mean in Latin?
pactum, a noun, means “an agreement, bargain, pact; a means, manner, method, consideration”.
What is the genitive of pactum?
The genitive singular is pactī. pactum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pactum?
In classical Latin, [ˈpak.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpak.tum].