LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

prātum

prātum n (genitive prātī)
Classical[ˈpraː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpraː.tum]

Meaning

  1. meadow
    Aperta sunt prāta et appāruērunt herbae virentēs et collēcta sunt faena dē montibusThe meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains. (translation from the Douay-Rheims Bible)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.27.25

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

campus herbōsus
prātum -ī (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprātumprāta
prātora
genitiveprātīprātōrum
prātuum
dativeprātō
prātuī		prātīs
prātibus
accusativeprātumprāta
prātora
ablativeprātō
prātū		prātīs
prātibus
vocativeprātumprāta

prātum, i, n. (collat. form prātus, m., Gromat. Vet. p. 322, 5) [root prat-; Sanscr. prath, to spread out; cf. Gr. πλατύς, πλάτανος],
I. a meadow (class.).
I. Lit.: pratum irriguum, aut siccum, Cato, R. R. 8, 1: stercorare, id. ib. 8, 50: irrigua facere, id. ib. 8, 9; Varr. R. R. 2 prooem.: pratorum viriditas, Cic. Sen. 16, 57: irrigare, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2: cratire, secare, caedere, sicilire, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258; 18, 3, 4, § 20: cultus prati, Col. 2, 17, 1: siccaneum, aut riguum, id. 2, 17, 3; Inscr. Grut. 204.—
II. Transf.
A. Meadow-grass (poet.): condita prata in patinis proferre, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 22; Ov. A. A. 1, 299.—
B. A broad field, plain; poet., of the sea: rostro Neptunia prata secare, Cic. Arat. 129.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Latinprātum

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“to bend”). Cognate with prāvus. Compare with campus.

Descendants
  • Catalanprat
  • Catalanprada
  • Frenchpré
  • Italianprato
  • Occitanprat
  • Portuguesepradofrom Old Galician-Portuguese prado
  • Romanianprat
  • Sardinianpadru
  • Sardinianpardu
  • Sardinianpradu

Quick answers

What does prātum mean in Latin?
prātum, a noun, means “meadow”.
What is the genitive of prātum?
The genitive singular is prātī. prātum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce prātum?
In classical Latin, [ˈpraː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpraː.tum].
Where does prātum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- → Latin prātum.