LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

patrimōnium

patrimōnium n (genitive patrimōniī or patrimōnī)
Classical[pa.trɪˈmoː.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[pa.triˈmɔː.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. the estate or assets that are passed from father to son, patrimony
  2. the emperor’s private property inherited to his private heirs, as distinguished from the assets bound to the function of the emperor called fiscus and the state-bound assets called aerārium

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepatrimōniumpatrimōnia
genitivepatrimōniī
patrimōnī		patrimōniōrum
dativepatrimōniōpatrimōniīs
accusativepatrimōniumpatrimōnia
ablativepatrimōniōpatrimōniīs
vocativepatrimōniumpatrimōnia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium
to squander one's money, one's patrimony.

pā^trĭmōnĭum, ii, n. pater,
I. an estate inherited from a father, a paternal estate, inheritance, patrimony (syn. hereditas).
I. Lit.: lauta et copiosa, Cic. Rab. Post. 14; id. Fl. 36, 89: amplum et copiosum, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: expellere aliquem e patrimonio, id. ib. 50, 147: patrimonio ornatissimo spoliari, id. Sull. 20, 58: naufragium patrimonii luculentissimi, id. Phil. 12, 8, 19: patrimonia effundere, id. Off. 2, 15, 54: devorare, id. Phil. 2, 27, 67: eripere patrimonium alicui, id. Sest. 52, 111: amplificare, Col. 1 prooem. § 7; Aug. Mon. Ancyr. et saep.; Juv. 14, 116; Gai. Inst. 2, 1; 3, 42. —
II. Trop.: in populi Romani patrimonio, Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101: ut plebem tribus suis patrimoniis deleniret, id. Mil. 35, 95: Mucius quasi patrimonii propugnator sui, inheritance, id. de Or. 1, 57, 244: paterni nominis, id. Dom. 58, 146.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr
  3. Proto-Italic*patēr
  4. Latinpatrimōnium

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -mōnium Latin patrimōnium From pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). Compare with mātrimōnium. Compare typologically Russian во́тчина (vótčina) (akin to оте́ц (otéc)).

Descendants
  • Catalanpatrimoni
  • Englishpatrimony
  • Frenchpatrimoine
  • GermanPatrimonium
  • Italianpatrimonio
  • Portuguesepatrimónio
  • Portuguesepatrimônio
  • Portuguesepatrimonio
  • Romanianpatrimoniu
  • Spanishpatrimonio

In English words that came into English from patrimōnium

  • patrimonypatrimōnium

Quick answers

What does patrimōnium mean in Latin?
patrimōnium, a noun, means “the estate or assets that are passed from father to son, patrimony”.
What is the genitive of patrimōnium?
The genitive singular is patrimōniī. patrimōnium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce patrimōnium?
In classical Latin, [pa.trɪˈmoː.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pa.triˈmɔː.ni.um].
Where does patrimōnium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? → Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr → Proto-Italic *patēr → Latin patrimōnium.