LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

peccātum

peccātum n (genitive peccātī)
Classical[pɛkˈkaː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[pekˈkaː.tum]

Meaning

  1. sin, error, fault
    Omnis quī facit peccātum servus est peccātī.Everyone who does sin is a slave of sin.Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 8:34:

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepeccātumpeccāta
genitivepeccātīpeccātōrum
dativepeccātōpeccātīs
accusativepeccātumpeccāta
ablativepeccātōpeccātīs
vocativepeccātumpeccāta

peccātum, i, n. pecco,
I. a fault, error, mistake, transgression, sin (syn.: delictum, culpa): pro peccatis supplicium sufferre, Ter. And. 5, 3, 17: corrigere, id. Ad. 4, 3, 2: peccata remordent, Lucr. 3, 827: recte facta sola in bonis actionibus ponens, prave, id est peccata, in malis, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37: ut peccatum est, patriam prodere, parentes violare, fana depeculari, quae sunt in effectu; sic timere, sic maerere, sic in libidine esse, peccatum est, etiam sine effectu, id. Fin. 3, 9, 32: culpa ac peccatum, id. Fam. 5, 21, 5: multitudo vitiorum peccatorumque, id. Phil. 2, 17, 43; id. Att. 8, 13, 2: quo illi crimine peccatoque perierunt? id. Cael. 30, 71: libidinum peccatorumque licentia, id. Lael. 22, 83: confiteri, id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. de Or. 1, 27, 125: paucis verbis tria magna peccata, blunders, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 47: in peccata incidere, id. Fin. 4, 15, 40: luere peccata, Verg. A. 10, 32: peccati conscius, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 11: peccatis poenas aequas irrogare, Hor. S. 1, 3, 118: peccatis veniam commodare, Tac Agr. 19: abstinere peccatis, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 2. Here, too, doubtless belongs: nam eā aetate jam sum, ut non siet peccato mi ignosci aequom Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 11.—
II. Transf. (eccl. Lat.).
1. Guilt: si non venissem peccatum non haberent, Vulg. Johan. 15, 22: cognatio pec-cati, id. Rom. 3, 20; Lact. 6, 13.—
2. The punishment of sin: peccatum vestrum apprehendet vos, Vulg. Num. 32, 23: ipse peccata multorum tulit, id. Isa. 53, 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pedko-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pet-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*petko-
  5. Proto-Italic*petko-?
  6. Latinpeccātum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *petkāō Latin peccō Latin -ātum Latin peccātum From peccō (“to offend, sin”) + -ātum.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpecat
  • Frenchpéchéfrom Old French pechié
  • Italianpeccato
  • Occitanpecat
  • Portuguesepecado
  • Romanianpăcat
  • Sardinianpecadu
  • Sardinianpecau
  • Spanishpecado
  • Aromanianpicat
African Romance
  • Ghadamesabekkaḍ
  • Tashelhitabkkaḍufrom Medieval Tashelhit اَبْكَّضُ
  • Tashelhitabkkaḍfrom Medieval Tashelhit اَبْكَّضُ
  • Tashelhitabkkiḍfrom Medieval Tashelhit اَبْكَّضُ
  • Nefusaabkkaḍu
  • Tuaregabăkkaḍ
  • Zenagaäväkkaḍi

In English words that came into English from peccātum

  • peccadillopeccātum

Quick answers

What does peccātum mean in Latin?
peccātum, a noun, means “sin, error, fault”.
What is the genitive of peccātum?
The genitive singular is peccātī. peccātum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce peccātum?
In classical Latin, [pɛkˈkaː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pekˈkaː.tum].
Where does peccātum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ped- → Proto-Indo-European *pedko- → Proto-Indo-European *pet- → Proto-Indo-European *petko- → Proto-Italic *petko-? → Latin peccātum.