pompatus

English

Etymology

First used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1973 rock song The Joker.

Noun

pompatus

1. One who is pompous.
   • 1973 October, Steve Miller, “The Joker”, The Joker, Capitol Records

     Cause I speak of the pompatus of love

   • 2000, Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost, Picador, ISBN 0330480774, page 140

     She loved the way the lecturer stated it, offhand, but with the air of a pompatus.

   • 2010, Loren Berengere, Satirical Denouncements of the Wicked Americans and We Anti-Matriarchalists^[1], page 98:

     Got my pompatus up; my rave'll be on in a few. I must have popped too many; the Iowa donkeys are starting to bray in my ears.

See also

• Pompatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pompō

Participle

pompātus m (feminine pompāta, neuter pompātum); first/second declension

1. acted or done pompously (with pomp)

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pompātus	pompāta	pompātum		pompātī	pompātae	pompāta
genitive	pompātī	pompātae	pompātī		pompātōrum	pompātārum	pompātōrum
dative	pompātō	pompātae	pompātō		pompātīs	pompātīs	pompātīs
accusative	pompātum	pompātam	pompātum		pompātōs	pompātās	pompāta
ablative	pompātō	pompātā	pompātō		pompātīs	pompātīs	pompātīs
vocative	pompāte	pompāta	pompātum		pompātī	pompātae	pompāta

Adjective

pompātus m (feminine pompāta, neuter pompātum); first/second declension

1. splendid (with pomp)

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pompātus	pompāta	pompātum		pompātī	pompātae	pompāta
genitive	pompātī	pompātae	pompātī		pompātōrum	pompātārum	pompātōrum
dative	pompātō	pompātae	pompātō		pompātīs	pompātīs	pompātīs
accusative	pompātum	pompātam	pompātum		pompātōs	pompātās	pompāta
ablative	pompātō	pompātā	pompātō		pompātīs	pompātīs	pompātīs
vocative	pompāte	pompāta	pompātum		pompātī	pompātae	pompāta