gelatus

Latin

Etymology

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Derived from gel(ū) (“frost”, “chill”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈlaː.tus/, [ɡɛˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈla.tus/, [d͡ʒeˈläːt̪us]

Participle

gelātus (feminine gelāta, neuter gelātum); first/second-declension participle

1. frozen, congealed, having been frozen.
2. frightened, petrified, having been frightened.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gelātus	gelāta	gelātum		gelātī	gelātae	gelāta
Genitive	gelātī	gelātae	gelātī		gelātōrum	gelātārum	gelātōrum
Dative	gelātō		gelātō		gelātīs
Accusative	gelātum	gelātam	gelātum		gelātōs	gelātās	gelāta
Ablative	gelātō	gelātā	gelātō		gelātīs
Vocative	gelāte	gelāta	gelātum		gelātī	gelātae	gelāta

Descendants

• Catalan: gelat, gelada
• Dalmatian: gelut
• English: gelato
• French: gelé, gelée

• Galician: xeado, xeada
• Italian: gelato, gelata
• Occitan: gelat, gelada
• Portuguese: geado, geada
• Spanish: helado, helada

References

• “gelatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gelatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.