adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
purpurātus
purpurātus (feminine purpurāta, neuter purpurātum)
Classical[pʊr.pʊˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[pur.puˈraː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveclothed in purple (and hence, of high office)
- Medieval Latinadjectivea Byzantine (Roman) emperor's children
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
purpurā vestītuspurpurātus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 23
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | purpurātus | purpurāta | purpurātum |
| genitive | purpurātī | purpurātae | purpurātī |
| dative | purpurātō | purpurātae | purpurātō |
| accusative | purpurātum | purpurātam | purpurātum |
| ablative | purpurātō | purpurātā | purpurātō |
| vocative | purpurāte | purpurāta | purpurātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | purpurātī | purpurātae | purpurāta |
| genitive | purpurātōrum | purpurātārum | purpurātōrum |
| dative | purpurātīs | purpurātīs | purpurātīs |
| accusative | purpurātōs | purpurātās | purpurāta |
| ablative | purpurātīs | purpurātīs | purpurātīs |
| vocative | purpurātī | purpurātae | purpurāta |
purpŭrātus, a, um, adj. purpura,
I. clad in purple:
mulier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131.—II. As subst.: purpŭrātus, i, m., a high officer at a king's court (so called because clothed in purple), Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; Liv. 30, 42; 37, 23; Flor. 1, 10; Curt. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 4.—Hence, sarcastically of Gabinius, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
purpurātus ī, m
purpura, one clad in purple, an officer of a royal court, king's attendant, courtier : minitare purpuratis tuis: ex purpuratis regis esse, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin purpurātus From purpura + -ātus.