LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

parātus

parātus m (genitive parātūs)
Classical[paˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[paˈraː.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. preparation; provision

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

iam factus ad rem; nāvis parāta est: in aquam īre potest.
parātus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Nāvāle

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparātusparātūs
genitiveparātūsparātuum
dativeparātuīparātibus
accusativeparātumparātūs
ablativeparātūparātibus
vocativeparātusparātūs

părātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. paro.
părātus, ūs, m. 1. paro,
I. a preparing, fitting out, preparation, provision, = apparatus: nullum necessarium vitae cultum aut paratum requirentis, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53: paratu militum et armorum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 2; Liv. 10, 41, 3 Drak. N. cr.: proviso ante funebri paratu, Tac. A. 13, 17: natalem Vitellii diem celebravere ingenti paratu, id. H. 2, 95: mensaeque paratu Regifico, Val. Fl. 2, 652: magno cultu paratuque rerum et familiae, Gell. 19, 1, 7: lauto cenare paratu, Juv. 14, 13.—In plur.: largis paratibus uti, Ov. H. 16, 191; so of ornament, id. M. 8, 683: Tyrios induta paratus, clothing, id. F. 3, 627: ventris et ganeae, Tac. A. 3, 52: fortunae, id. ib. 11, 30.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin parātus From parō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Quick answers

What does parātus mean in Latin?
parātus, a noun, means “preparation; provision”.
What is the genitive of parātus?
The genitive singular is parātūs. parātus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce parātus?
In classical Latin, [paˈraː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [paˈraː.tus].