noun · masculinesecond declension
hastātī
hastātī m pl (genitive hastātōrum)
Classical[hasˈtaː.tiː]Ecclesiastical[asˈtaː.ti]
Meaning
- pluralplural onlyfirst line of the pre-Marian Roman army (before, respectively, the prī̆ncipēs and the triāriī)
Ab Romanis nec opus intermissum—triarii erant, qui muniebant—et ab hastatis principibusque, qui pro munitoribus intenti armatique steterunt, proelium initum.
The works were not set aside by the Romans—triarii where there to fend off the enemy—and a fight broke out led by the hastati and principes, eager and fully-equiped, who had been placed before the fortification-workers.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | hastātī |
| genitive | — | hastātōrum |
| dative | — | hastātīs |
| accusative | — | hastātōs |
| ablative | — | hastātīs |
| vocative | — | hastātī |