votum

From voveō (“vow”).

vōtum n (genitive vōtī); second declension

1. promise, dedication, vow
2. determination, will, desire
3. prayer

Second declension.

• vōtifer
• vōtīvitās
• vōtīvus
• vōtus
• voveō

vōtum

1. nominative neuter singular of vōtus
2. accusative masculine singular of vōtus
3. accusative neuter singular of vōtus
4. vocative neuter singular of vōtus

• votum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• votum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• votum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• votum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere
    
  • (ambiguous) to accomplish, pay a vow: vota solvere, persolvere, reddere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
    
• vow in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.