-atus

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See also: atus and -átus

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *-ātos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. A "pseudo-participle" possibly related to -tus, though similar formations in other Indo-European languages show that it was distinct from it already in Indo-European times. Compare -ītus, -ūtus.

Cognate to Proto-Slavic *-atъ, Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz (English -ed (having)).

Suffix[edit]

-ātus (feminine -āta, neuter -ātum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. -ed. Used to form adjectives from nouns indicating the possession of a thing or feature.
    barba (beard) + ‎-ātus → ‎barbātus (bearded, having a beard)
    caetra (a type of short Spanish shield) + ‎-ātus → ‎caetrātus (armed with a caetra)
    toga (toga) + ‎-ātus → ‎togātus (wearing a toga, clad in a toga)
  2. Used to form adjectives from other adjectives, especially color names, with the sense "wearing [adjective](-colored) clothes".
    albus (white) + ‎-ātus → ‎albātus (clothed in white)
    āter (black) + ‎-ātus → ‎atrātus (clothed in black)
    sordidus (unclean, sordid) + ‎-ātus → ‎sordidātus (in dirty clothes, shabbily dressed)
  3. -like, -ate. Used to form adjectives from nouns indicating a resemblance or likeness to the noun.
    rēticulum (small net) + ‎-ātus → ‎rēticulātus (reticulated, net-like)
    vir (man) + ‎-ātus → ‎virātus (manly, manful)
Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

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 -ātō -ātīs
Accusative -ātum -ātam -ātum -ātōs -ātās -āta
Ablative -ātō -ātā -ātō -ātīs
Vocative -āte -āta -ātum -ātī -ātae -āta
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

By rebracketing of action nouns in -tus, -tūs formed from first conjugation verbs, such as mercātus (mercor + -tus) or pecūlātus (peculor + -tus), where -ā- is actually part of the stem.

Suffix[edit]

-ātus m

  1. Form of -tus appended to nouns
    triumvir + ‎-ātus → ‎triumvirātus
    episcopus + ‎-ātus → ‎episcopātus
    apostolus + ‎-ātus → ‎apostolātus
Declension[edit]

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ātus -ātūs
Genitive -ātūs -ātuum
Dative -ātuī -ātibus
Accusative -ātum -ātūs
Ablative -ātū -ātibus
Vocative -ātus -ātūs
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • French: -at
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -at
  • Portuguese: -ado