What does pīrāta mean in Latin?

pīrāta, a noun, means “pirate”.

What is the genitive of pīrāta?

The genitive singular is pīrātae. pīrāta is masculine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [piːˈraː.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [piˈraː.ta].

noun · masculinefirst declension

pīrāta m (genitive pīrātae)

Classical[piːˈraː.ta]Ecclesiastical[piˈraː.ta]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

latrō maris, quī nāvēs petit et bona rapit.

pīrāta -ae m — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs

pīrāta, ae, m., = πειρατής (an adventurer, hence),

I. a sea-robber, corsair, pirate (syn. praedo): nam pirata non est ex perduellium numero definitus, sed communis hostis omnium, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. Off. 3, 29, 107; Vell. 2, 31, 2; Luc. 3, 228; Flor. 3, 6, 11: Capito et Numitor, Piratae Cilicum, Juv. 8, 94 al.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs), from πεῖρᾰ (peîră, “trial, attempt, plot”).

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