noun · masculinefourth declension
occupātus
occupātus m (genitive occupātūs)
Classical[ɔk.kʊˈpaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ok.kuˈpaː.tus]
Meaning
- occupation, employment
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
busy
occupātus — in Seneca, ch. VII
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | occupātus | occupātūs |
| genitive | occupātūs | occupātuum |
| dative | occupātuī | occupātibus |
| accusative | occupātum | occupātūs |
| ablative | occupātū | occupātibus |
| vocative | occupātus | occupātūs |
occŭpātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from occupo.
occŭpātus, ūs, m. occupo,
I. an employment, occupation (post-class.), Claud. Mamert. ap. Sid. Ep. 4, 2.—Plur.: post magni Alexandri occupatus, Schol. Juv. 6, 83.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
occupātus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of occupo, taken up, engrossed, absorbed, occupied, employed, busy, engaged: In alio amore, T.: in opere, Cs.: opere, L.: non occupatorum amicorum adsiduitas: in eo, ut, etc., N.: res in singulis litteris occupatae, concerned with: occupatiorem me habere: occupatissimus esse, extremely busy.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin occupō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin occupātus From occupō + -tus (forming action nouns).