What does -ātum mean in Latin?

-ātum, a suffix, means “forms nouns denoting the result, product, object, or effect of the action expressed by a verb”.

How do you pronounce -ātum?

In classical Latin, [aː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.tum].

suffix · neutersecond declension

-ātum n (genitive -ātī)

Classical[aː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[a.tum]

morphemeforms nouns denoting the result, product, object, or effect of the action expressed by a verb
sternō + -ātum → strātum (“bed-covering”)
resultō + -ātum → resultātum (“result”) (Medieval Latin)

Latin -ātum From the substantivized neuter singular of perfect passive participles in -ātus.

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