praemium

From prae- (“before”) + emō (“acquire, obtain”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.mi.um/, [ˈprae̯.mi.ʊ̃]

praemium n (genitive praemiī or praemī); second declension

1. prize, reward
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:

     Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.

     Happiness is not a reward of virtue, but is a virtue itself.

2. bribe, bribery

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Asturian: premiu
• Italian: premio
• Catalan: premi
• Galician: premio
• Portuguese: prémio, prêmio
• Spanish: premio
• → Alemannic German: Breemi
• → Dutch: premie
• → English: premium
• → French: premium
• → German: Prämie
• → Hungarian: prémium
• → Norwegian: premie
• → Polish: premia
• → Russian: премия (premija)
• → Spanish: premium
• → Swedish: premium, premie

• praemium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praemium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praemium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to remunerate (handsomely): praemiis (amplissimis, maximis) aliquem afficere
    
  • to reward a man according to his deserts: meritum praemium alicui persolvere
    
  • (to encourage) by offering a reward: praemium exponere or proponere
    
  • to offer a prize (for the winner): praemium ponere