adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
laureātus
laureātus (feminine laureāta, neuter laureātum)
Classical[ɫau̯.reˈaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[lau̯.reˈaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivecrowned with laurels, laureate, having been crowned with laurels
iamque tres laureatae in urbe statuae et adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas
in the city there were already three statues crowned with laurels, and still Tacfarinas was ravaging Africac. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.23
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laureātus | laureāta | laureātum |
| genitive | laureātī | laureātae | laureātī |
| dative | laureātō | laureātae | laureātō |
| accusative | laureātum | laureātam | laureātum |
| ablative | laureātō | laureātā | laureātō |
| vocative | laureāte | laureāta | laureātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laureātī | laureātae | laureāta |
| genitive | laureātōrum | laureātārum | laureātōrum |
| dative | laureātīs | laureātīs | laureātīs |
| accusative | laureātōs | laureātās | laureāta |
| ablative | laureātīs | laureātīs | laureātīs |
| vocative | laureātī | laureātae | laureāta |
laurĕātus, a, um, adj. laurea,
I. crowned or decked with laurel, laureate:
imago, Cic. Mur. 41, 88: lictores, id. Att. 7, 10, 1: fasces, id. Div. 1, 28, 59: legiones, Liv. 45, 39: litterae, a letter announcing a victory (so called because bound up with bay-leaves), a laurelled letter, id. 45, 1: litterae a Postumio laureatae sequuntur, id. 5, 28 fin.: tabellae, id. 45, 1.—Subst.: laurĕātae, ārum (sc. litterae), a letter announcing a victory: ne laureatis quidem gesta prosecutus est, Tac. Agr. 18 fin.; cf. laurus.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
laureātus adj.
laurea, crowned with laurel, laureate, laurelled : imago: fasces: litterae, announcing a victory (bound up with bay-leaves), L.: tabellae, L.—Plur f . as subst. (sc. litterae), Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin laureātus From laurea (“laurel crown”) + -ātus (“-ed”).
Descendants
- Englishlaureate
- Frenchlauréat
- Italianlaureato
- Piedmonteselaureà
- Sicilianlauriatu
In English words that came into English from laureātus
- laureatelaureātus