accuratus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of accūrō (“take care of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kuːˈraː.tus/, [äkːuːˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuˈra.tus/, [äkːuˈräːt̪us]

Participle

accūrātus (feminine accūrāta, neuter accūrātum, comparative accūrātior, adverb accūrātē); first/second-declension participle

1. taken care of, prepared with care, having been taken care of
2. (by extension) careful, accurate, exact
3. (by extension) studied

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	accūrātus	accūrāta	accūrātum		accūrātī	accūrātae	accūrāta
Genitive	accūrātī	accūrātae	accūrātī		accūrātōrum	accūrātārum	accūrātōrum
Dative	accūrātō		accūrātō		accūrātīs
Accusative	accūrātum	accūrātam	accūrātum		accūrātōs	accūrātās	accūrāta
Ablative	accūrātō	accūrātā	accūrātō		accūrātīs
Vocative	accūrāte	accūrāta	accūrātum		accūrātī	accūrātae	accūrāta

Descendants

• → English: accurate
• → German: akkurat
  • → Icelandic: akkúrat
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: akkurat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: akkurat
• → Swedish: ackurat
• → Georgian: აკურატული (aḳuraṭuli)
• → Polish: akuratny
• → Russian: аккуратный (akkuratnyj)
• → Danish: akkurat

References

• “accuratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accuratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accuratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a carefully prepared speech: oratio accurata et polita