adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
foliāticus
foliāticus (feminine foliātica, neuter foliāticum)
Classical[fɔ.liˈaː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[fo.liˈaː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- New Latinadjective(pharmacy, of a metal, such as gold) beaten into leaf
aurum foliāticum
gold leafAurum foliaticum, Blattgold.
Gold leaf [in New Latin], gold leaf [in Standard High German].[1852, Friedrich August Günther, Der homöopathische Thierarzt. Ein Hülfsbuch …. Erster Theil: Die Krankheiten des Pferdes und ihre homöopathische Heilung, 7th edition (overall work in German), Verzeichniß der homöopathischen Arzneimittel, neu zusammengestellt im Mai 1850, page 294:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | foliāticus | foliātica | foliāticum |
| genitive | foliāticī | foliāticae | foliāticī |
| dative | foliāticō | foliāticae | foliāticō |
| accusative | foliāticum | foliāticam | foliāticum |
| ablative | foliāticō | foliāticā | foliāticō |
| vocative | foliātice | foliātica | foliāticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | foliāticī | foliāticae | foliātica |
| genitive | foliāticōrum | foliāticārum | foliāticōrum |
| dative | foliāticīs | foliāticīs | foliāticīs |
| accusative | foliāticōs | foliāticās | foliātica |
| ablative | foliāticīs | foliāticīs | foliāticīs |
| vocative | foliāticī | foliāticae | foliātica |
Origins
From folium (“leaf”) + -āticus, or from postclassical foliāre (“to beat into foil, leaf”), past participle foliātus (“beaten into foil, leaf”) + -icus.