LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

aemulātus

aemulātus m (genitive aemulātūs)
Classical[ae̯.mʊˈɫaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[e.muˈlaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. rivalry, jealousy
  2. emulation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaemulātusaemulātūs
genitiveaemulātūsaemulātuum
dativeaemulātuīaemulātibus
accusativeaemulātumaemulātūs
ablativeaemulātūaemulātibus
vocativeaemulātusaemulātūs

aemŭlātus, ūs, m. Perh. only in Tac. for the class. aemulatio,
I. emulation, rivalry, Hist. 3, 66.—In plur., Ann. 13, 46. (But in Agr. 46, aemulatu is only a conjecture of Heinsius; Orell. and Halm read similitudine).

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*aimos
  2. Latinaemulātus

Latin aemulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aemulor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin aemulātus From aemulor + -tus (forming action nouns).

In English words that came into English from aemulātus

  • emulateaemulātus

Quick answers

What does aemulātus mean in Latin?
aemulātus, a noun, means “rivalry, jealousy; emulation”.
What is the genitive of aemulātus?
The genitive singular is aemulātūs. aemulātus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce aemulātus?
In classical Latin, [ae̯.mʊˈɫaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.muˈlaː.tus].
Where does aemulātus come from?
Proto-Italic *aimos → Latin aemulātus.