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noun · masculinefourth declension

animātus1

animātus m (genitive animātūs)

Meaning

  1. a breathing
    Volare quidem aliqua et animatu carere in ipso spiritu viventia, habere sensum victus, generationis, operis atque etiam de futuro curam, et quamvis non sint membra quae velut carina sensus invehant, esse tamen iis auditum, olfactum, gustatum, eximia praeterea naturae dona, sollertiam, animum, artem, quis facile crediderit?77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 11.2.7

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanimātusanimātūs
genitiveanimātūsanimātuum
dativeanimātuīanimātibus
accusativeanimātumanimātūs
ablativeanimātūanimātibus
vocativeanimātusanimātūs

ănĭmātus, ūs, m. animo,
I. a breathing: animatu carere, Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
  3. Proto-Italic*anamos
  4. Latinanimātus

Latin anima 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 animō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin animātus From animō + -tus (forming action nouns).

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
animātus2
animātus (feminine animāta, neuter animātum)

Meaning

  1. adjectivedisposed, inclined, minded
    Neque edepol dedi neque dixi; verum ita animatus fuic. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 2.2.132–133
    His rebus allatis, etsi intelligebam socios infirme animatos esse et novarum rerum exspectatione suspensos[…]62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 15.1
  2. adjectivepoeticendowed with courage, courageous, stouthearted
    Nam ego has tabellas obsignatas consignatas quas fero non sunt tabellae, sed equos quem misere Achivi ligneum. […] Tum quae hic sunt scriptae litterae, hoc in equo insunt militesc. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 4.9.11–18

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanimātusanimātaanimātum
genitiveanimātīanimātaeanimātī
dativeanimātōanimātaeanimātō
accusativeanimātumanimātamanimātum
ablativeanimātōanimātāanimātō
vocativeanimāteanimātaanimātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanimātīanimātaeanimāta
genitiveanimātōrumanimātārumanimātōrum
dativeanimātīsanimātīsanimātīs
accusativeanimātōsanimātāsanimāta
ablativeanimātīsanimātīsanimātīs
vocativeanimātīanimātaeanimāta

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)
animate and inanimate nature.

ănĭmātus, a, um, v. animo, P. a.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of animō.

Quick answers

What does animātus mean in Latin?
animātus, a noun, means “a breathing”.
What is the genitive of animātus?
The genitive singular is animātūs. animātus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does animātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos → Proto-Italic *anamos → Latin animātus.