adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
prīvātus1
prīvātus (feminine prīvāta, neuter prīvātum)
№ 882 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectiveapart from the state; unofficial, private
- adjectivepeculiar, special, personal, individual
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
suus, nōn pūblicus; rēs prīvāta.prīvātus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prīvātus | prīvāta | prīvātum |
| genitive | prīvātī | prīvātae | prīvātī |
| dative | prīvātō | prīvātae | prīvātō |
| accusative | prīvātum | prīvātam | prīvātum |
| ablative | prīvātō | prīvātā | prīvātō |
| vocative | prīvāte | prīvāta | prīvātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prīvātī | prīvātae | prīvāta |
| genitive | prīvātōrum | prīvātārum | prīvātōrum |
| dative | prīvātīs | prīvātīs | prīvātīs |
| accusative | prīvātōs | prīvātās | prīvāta |
| ablative | prīvātīs | prīvātīs | prīvātīs |
| vocative | prīvātī | prīvātae | prīvāta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- causa privata
- a civil case.
- vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)
- private life.
prīvātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from privo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prīvātus adj.
P. of privo, apart from the State, peculiar, personal, individual, private : nihil privati agri, Cs.: census, H.: res quae ipsius erant privatae, private property .—Of persons, not in official life, private, out of office : privatus et captus, Cs.: privato viro imperium extra ordinem dare, to a private citizen : Bibulus ex iis, qui privati sunt. —As subst m., a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus): Scipio Gracchum privatus interfecit: neque sibi privatos posse obstare, L.: Consilium dedim<*>s Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret, Iu.: privati hominis nomen supra principis attolli, Ta.—Of things, retired, private, apart from the public : aedificia, isolated , Cs.: vita, withdrawn from State affairs .—As subst n., privacy, retirement, private property : in privato animadvertere in eas, administer discipline in private , L.: quas (tabernas) vendidit in privatum, for private use , L.: (deiectus) sive de privato sive de publico, private or public land : tributum ex privato conferre, from private property , L.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”).
Descendants
- Catalanprivat
- Englishprivate
- Germanprivat
- Italianprivato
- Englishprivyfrom Old French privé
- Frenchprivéfrom Old French privé
- Occitanprivat
- Portugueseprivado
- Romanianprivat
- Spanishprivado