foederatus
English
Etymology
From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foederatus (plural foederati)
- A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:
- In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of foederō.
Participle
foederātus (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | foederātus | foederāta | foederātum | foederātī | foederātae | foederāta | |
Genitive | foederātī | foederātae | foederātī | foederātōrum | foederātārum | foederātōrum | |
Dative | foederātō | foederātō | foederātīs | ||||
Accusative | foederātum | foederātam | foederātum | foederātōs | foederātās | foederāta | |
Ablative | foederātō | foederātā | foederātō | foederātīs | |||
Vocative | foederāte | foederāta | foederātum | foederātī | foederātae | foederāta |
References
- “foederatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- foederatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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