LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

flātus

flātus m (genitive flātūs)
Classical[ˈfɫaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈflaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. blowing, breathing, snorting
  2. breath; breeze
  3. soul (breath of life)
  4. fart

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeflātusflātūs
genitiveflātūsflātuum
dativeflātuīflātibus
accusativeflātumflātūs
ablativeflātūflātibus
vocativeflātusflātūs

flātus, ūs, m. flo,
I. a blowing, breathing, snorting (mostly poet.; syn.: flamen, flabra, ventus, aura).
I. Lit.: nondum spissa nimis complere sedilia flatu (sc. tibiae), Hor. A. P. 205; Phaedr. 5, 7, 14: flatuque secundo, Carbasa mota sonant, Ov. M. 13, 418; so of the wind, id. ib. 14, 226; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10; also in plur., Ov. M. 15, 302; Verg. G. 2, 339: ipsa sui flatus ne sonet aura, cavet, of his breath, Ov. F. 1, 428: (equi) humescunt spumis flatuque sequentum, with the snorting, Verg. G. 3, 111; in plur.: aestiferi, Cic. Arat. 111: ventris (with crepitus), a breaking wind, Suet. Claud. 32: flatu figuratur vitrum, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193.—
B. Transf., concr., the breath of life, the soul, Prud. στεφ. 3, 168.—
II. Trop.
A. A breath, breeze (the fig. being taken from wind): cum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187. —
B. Pride, haughtiness (mostly in plur.): det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat, Verg. A. 11, 346; Ov. A. A. 1, 715; Val. Fl. 3, 699; Stat. Th. 1, 321; 3, 192.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Latinflātus

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin flātus From flō + -tus.

Borrowings
  • Englishflatus
  • Italianflato
  • Portugueseflato
  • Spanishflato
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfiato
  • Neapolitansciato
  • Sicilianciatu
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianflât
  • Romanshflad
  • Romanshflo
  • Romanshfled
  • Romanshflà
Gallo-Italic
  • Liguriansciào
  • Lombardfià
  • Lombardfiad
  • Piedmontesefià
  • Piedmontesesciä

Quick answers

What does flātus mean in Latin?
flātus, a noun, means “blowing, breathing, snorting; breath; breeze”.
What is the genitive of flātus?
The genitive singular is flātūs. flātus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce flātus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfɫaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈflaː.tus].
Where does flātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- → Latin flātus.