beatus
English
Noun
beatus (plural beati)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of beō (“make happy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beˈaː.tus/, [beˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈa.tus/, [beˈäːt̪us]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Adjective
beātus (feminine beāta, neuter beātum, comparative beātior, superlative beātissimus, adverb beātē); first/second-declension adjective
- happy, fortunate
- prosperous, wealthy
- copious, sumptuous
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed
Declension
- Sometimes poetic beātum is seen for beātōrum.
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | beātus | beāta | beātum | beātī | beātae | beāta | |
Genitive | beātī | beātae | beātī | beātōrum | beātārum | beātōrum | |
Dative | beātō | beātō | beātīs | ||||
Accusative | beātum | beātam | beātum | beātōs | beātās | beāta | |
Ablative | beātō | beātā | beātō | beātīs | |||
Vocative | beāte | beāta | beātum | beātī | beātae | beāta |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
beātus m (genitive beātī, feminine beāta); second declension
- happy or fortunate person
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
Nominative | beātus | beāta | beātī | beātae | |
Genitive | beātī | beātae | beātōrum | beātārum | |
Dative | beātō | beātīs | beātīs | ||
Accusative | beātum | beātam | beātōs | beātās | |
Ablative | beātō | beātā | beātīs | beātīs | |
Vocative | beāte | beāta | beātī | beātae |
References
- “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
- (ambiguous) happiness, bliss: beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse
- (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
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