rattus
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See also: Rattus
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”).
Noun[edit]
rattus m (variously declined, genitive rattī or rattūs); second declension, fourth declension
Usage notes[edit]
In Classical Latin, the word mūs was applied to both mice and rats without distinction.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rattus | rattī rattūs |
Genitive | rattī rattūs |
rattōrum rattuum |
Dative | rattō rattuī |
rattīs rattibus |
Accusative | rattum | rattōs rattūs |
Ablative | rattō rattū |
rattīs rattibus |
Vocative | ratte rattus |
rattī rattūs |
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Rattus, Rattus rattus
References[edit]
- rattus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
ratus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
[note: du Cange has only second declension forms and no fourth declension form]
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Germanic languages
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin nouns with multiple declensions
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Medieval Latin
- la:Rodents