adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
geniculātus1
geniculātus (feminine geniculāta, neuter geniculātum)
Classical[ɡɛ.nɪ.kʊˈɫaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.ni.kuˈlaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivewith bended knees
- adjective(in general) bended, curved
- adjectiveknotty (full of knots), jointed, geniculated
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | geniculātus | geniculāta | geniculātum |
| genitive | geniculātī | geniculātae | geniculātī |
| dative | geniculātō | geniculātae | geniculātō |
| accusative | geniculātum | geniculātam | geniculātum |
| ablative | geniculātō | geniculātā | geniculātō |
| vocative | geniculāte | geniculāta | geniculātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | geniculātī | geniculātae | geniculāta |
| genitive | geniculātōrum | geniculātārum | geniculātōrum |
| dative | geniculātīs | geniculātīs | geniculātīs |
| accusative | geniculātōs | geniculātās | geniculāta |
| ablative | geniculātīs | geniculātīs | geniculātīs |
| vocative | geniculātī | geniculātae | geniculāta |
gĕnĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. geniculum.
B. Transf., in gen., bended, curved:
meatus Tibridis, Amm. 18, 9.—II. Having knots, knotted, jointed, geniculated (class.):
culmus, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: harundo, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158: herba totidem nodis, id. 24, 16, 93, § 150: nodi scaporum, id. 17, 21, 35, § 152: cursu scandentes vites, id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
geniculātus adj.
geniculum, having knots, hnotted : culmus.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin geniculātus From geniculum (“little knee”) + -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix).
Descendants
- Englishgeniculate
In English words that came into English from geniculātus
- geniculategeniculātus