LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

albātus1

albātus (feminine albāta, neuter albātum)
Classical[aɫˈbaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[alˈbaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveclothed in white

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativealbātusalbātaalbātum
genitivealbātīalbātaealbātī
dativealbātōalbātaealbātō
accusativealbātumalbātamalbātum
ablativealbātōalbātāalbātō
vocativealbātealbātaalbātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativealbātīalbātaealbāta
genitivealbātōrumalbātārumalbātōrum
dativealbātīsalbātīsalbātīs
accusativealbātōsalbātāsalbāta
ablativealbātīsalbātīsalbātīs
vocativealbātīalbātaealbāta

albātus, a, um, adj. from albus, as atratus from ater,
I. clothed in white: cum ipse epuli dominus albatus esset, * Cic. Vatin. 13; * Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; so Suet. Dom. 12.—In the Circensian games, one party, which was clothed in white, was called albati, Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 160 Hard. (cf. russatus, Juv. 7, 114).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Italic*alβos
  3. Latinalbātus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin albātus From albus (“white”) + -ātus (“-ened”).

verbfirst/second-declension participle
albātus2
albātus (feminine albāta, neuter albātum)
Classical[aɫˈbaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[alˈbaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. participlewhitened, having been whitened

Origins

From the past participle of albāre (“to whiten”), from albus (“white”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishalbata

In English words that came into English from albātus

  • albataalbata
noun · masculinesecond declension
albātus3
albātus m (genitive albātī)
Classical[aɫˈbaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[alˈbaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. historicalthe Whites, the racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome clothed in white

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealbātusalbātī
genitivealbātīalbātōrum
dativealbātōalbātīs
accusativealbātumalbātōs
ablativealbātōalbātīs
vocativealbātealbātī

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Italic*alβos
  3. Latinalbātus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin albātus From albus (“white”) + -ātus (“-ened”).

Descendants
  • Byzantine GreekΛευκοὶ

Quick answers

What does albātus mean in Latin?
albātus, a adjective, means “clothed in white”.
How do you pronounce albātus?
In classical Latin, [aɫˈbaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [alˈbaː.tus].
Where does albātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *albʰós → Proto-Italic *alβos → Latin albātus.