literatus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin literatus, litteratus.
Noun
literatus (plural literati)
- (chiefly in the plural) A learned person; one acquainted with literature.
- De Quincey
- Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed.
- De Quincey
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /li.teˈraː.tus/, [lʲɪt̪ɛˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /li.teˈra.tus/, [lit̪eˈräːt̪us]
Adjective
literātus (feminine literāta, neuter literātum, superlative literātissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative form of litterātus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | literātus | literāta | literātum | literātī | literātae | literāta | |
Genitive | literātī | literātae | literātī | literātōrum | literātārum | literātōrum | |
Dative | literātō | literātō | literātīs | ||||
Accusative | literātum | literātam | literātum | literātōs | literātās | literāta | |
Ablative | literātō | literātā | literātō | literātīs | |||
Vocative | literāte | literāta | literātum | literātī | literātae | literāta |
References
- literatus 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)