adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
persōnātus
persōnātus (feminine persōnāta, neuter persōnātum)
Classical[pɛr.soːˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[per.soˈnaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivemasked
- adjectiveassumed, pretended, counterfeited, fictitious
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | persōnātus | persōnāta | persōnātum |
| genitive | persōnātī | persōnātae | persōnātī |
| dative | persōnātō | persōnātae | persōnātō |
| accusative | persōnātum | persōnātam | persōnātum |
| ablative | persōnātō | persōnātā | persōnātō |
| vocative | persōnāte | persōnāta | persōnātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | persōnātī | persōnātae | persōnāta |
| genitive | persōnātōrum | persōnātārum | persōnātōrum |
| dative | persōnātīs | persōnātīs | persōnātīs |
| accusative | persōnātōs | persōnātās | persōnāta |
| ablative | persōnātīs | persōnātīs | persōnātīs |
| vocative | persōnātī | persōnātae | persōnāta |
persōnātus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Lit., provided with or wearing a mask, masked:
Roscius, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221: pater, i. e. the father in the play, Hor. S. 1, 4, 56: personata fabula (* the name of a play of Nœvius), v. Fest. p. 217 Müll.; Sen. Ep. 24; Suet. Ner. 21.—II. Trop., assumed, pretended, counterfeited, fictitious:
personatus ambulare, in an assumed character, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 4: personata felicitas, Sen. Ep. 80, 8: personati fastus, affected, Mart. 11, 2, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
persōnātus adj.
persona, in a mask, masked : Roscius: pater, i. e. in the play , H.—Fig.: cur personatus ambulem, in an assumed character .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin persōnātus From persōna + -ātus.
In English words that came into English from persōnātus
- personatepersōnātus