LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

dēlēgātus

dēlēgātus m (genitive dēlēgātūs)

Meaning

  1. assignment; delegation (financial, to a third party)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēlēgātusdēlēgātūs
genitivedēlēgātūsdēlēgātuum
dativedēlēgātuīdēlēgātibus
accusativedēlēgātumdēlēgātūs
ablativedēlēgātūdēlēgātibus
vocativedēlēgātusdēlēgātūs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēlēgātus

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx 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 lēgō Latin dēlēgō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dēlēgātus From dēlēgō + -tus.

In English words that came into English from dēlēgātus

  • delegatedēlēgātus

Quick answers

What does dēlēgātus mean in Latin?
dēlēgātus, a noun, means “assignment; delegation (financial, to a third party)”.
What is the genitive of dēlēgātus?
The genitive singular is dēlēgātūs. dēlēgātus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does dēlēgātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēlēgātus.