-atus
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Latin [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Ultimately akin to English -ed.
Suffix [edit]
-ātus m (feminine -āta, neuter -ātum); first/second declension
- -ed. Used to form perfect passive participless of first-conjugation verbs.
- -ate, -like. Used to form adjectives from nouns.
Usage notes [edit]
The suffix -ātus is added to a first-conjugation verb to form its perfect passive participle.
The suffix -ātus may be added to a noun (or adjective) to form an adjective indicating passive qualities of that noun (or adjective).
- Examples:
- rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”), from rēticulum (“small net”)
- albātus (“clothed in white”), from albus (“white”)
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -ātus | -āta | -ātum | -ātī | -ātae | -āta | |
| genitive | -ātī | -ātae | -ātī | -ātōrum | -ātārum | -ātōrum | |
| dative | -ātō | -ātae | -ātō | -ātīs | -ātīs | -ātīs | |
| accusative | -ātum | -ātam | -ātum | -ātōs | -ātās | -āta | |
| ablative | -ātō | -ātā | -ātō | -ātīs | -ātīs | -ātīs | |
| vocative | -āte | -āta | -ātum | -ātī | -ātae | -āta | |
