responsa

English

Etymology

Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

Noun

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

  1. A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Anagrams

Interlingua

Noun

responsa (plural responsas)

  1. response

Latin

Noun

respōnsa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of respōnsum

References
  • “responsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Noun

responsa f (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Clipping of responsabilidade

Spanish

Verb

responsa

  1. inflection of responsar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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