adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
remōtus
remōtus (feminine remōta, neuter remōtum, comparative remōtior, superlative remōtissimus)
Classical[rɛˈmoː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[reˈmɔː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveremote, distant, far off
- adjectiveremoved
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
procul situsremōtus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 4
remote
remōtus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | remōtus | remōta | remōtum |
| genitive | remōtī | remōtae | remōtī |
| dative | remōtō | remōtae | remōtō |
| accusative | remōtum | remōtam | remōtum |
| ablative | remōtō | remōtā | remōtō |
| vocative | remōte | remōta | remōtum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | remōtī | remōtae | remōta |
| genitive | remōtōrum | remōtārum | remōtōrum |
| dative | remōtīs | remōtīs | remōtīs |
| accusative | remōtōs | remōtās | remōta |
| ablative | remōtīs | remōtīs | remōtīs |
| vocative | remōtī | remōtae | remōta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- remotis arbitris or secreto
- in private; tête-à-tête.
- extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
- joking apart.
rĕmōtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from removeo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
remōtus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of removeo, removed, far off, distant, remote, retired : silvestribus ac remotis locis, Cs.: Gades, H.: gramen, H.: domūs pars (i. e. penetralia), O.: remotius antrum, O.: sedes remotae a Germanis, Cs.: ab arbitris remoto loco: ab aulā, O.: quamvis longā regione remotus Absim, by however vast a space , O.—Fig., removed, disconnected, remote, apart, alien, separate, clear, free, strange : quae iam diu gesta et a memoriā remota: aratores, remotissimi a foro: vita remota ab honore populari: sermo a forensi strepitu remotissimus: homo ab omni suspicione: a Gracchi pudore longissime: naturae iura a volgari intellegentiā remotiora: a volgo longe longeque, H.—Plur n . as subst., in philosophy, things rejected, things to be postponed (the Stoic ἀποπροηγμένα).
Origins
Perfect passive participle of removeō (“to remove, take away”)
Descendants
- Catalanremot
- Englishremote
- Italianremoto
- Portugueseremoto
- Spanishremoto
- Galicianremoto