laureatus

Latin

Etymology

From laurea (“laurel crown”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

laureātus (feminine laureāta, neuter laureātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. crowned with laurels, laureate, having been crowned with laurels
    • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.23:
      iamque tres laureatae in urbe statuae et adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas
      in the city there were already three statues crowned with laurels, and still Tacfarinas was ravaging Africa

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative laureātus laureāta laureātum laureātī laureātae laureāta
genitive laureātī laureātae laureātī laureātōrum laureātārum laureātōrum
dative laureātō laureātae laureātō laureātīs
accusative laureātum laureātam laureātum laureātōs laureātās laureāta
ablative laureātō laureātā laureātō laureātīs
vocative laureāte laureāta laureātum laureātī laureātae laureāta

Descendants

  • English: laureate
  • French: lauréat
  • Italian: laureato
  • Piedmontese: laureà
  • Sicilian: lauriatu

References

  • “laureatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “laureatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “laureatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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