mutuum

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin mūtuum (“loan”), neuter substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).

Noun

mutuum (plural mutuums or mutua)

1. (Roman law, civil law) A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality.
2. A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.

Synonyms

• loan for consumption

Antonyms

• commodatum, loan for use

Latin

Etymology 1

Substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).

Adverb

mutuum (not comparable)

1. reciprocally, interchangeably, mutually

Noun

mūtuum n (genitive mūtuī); second declension

1. loan

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mūtuum	mūtua
genitive	mūtuī	mūtuōrum
dative	mūtuō	mūtuīs
accusative	mūtuum	mūtua
ablative	mūtuō	mūtuīs
vocative	mūtuum	mūtua

Etymology 2

Inflection form of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).

Adjective

mūtuum

1. inflection of mūtuus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• mutuum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mutuum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mutuum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti