LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

undulātus

undulātus (feminine undulāta, neuter undulātum)
Classical[ʊn.dʊˈɫaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[un.duˈlaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveundulated, diversified as with waves, pleated
    Lanam in colu et fuso Tanaquilis, quae eadem Gaia Caecilia vocata est, in templo Sancus durasse prodente se auctor est M. Varro factamque ab ea togam regiam undulatam in aede Fortunae, qua Ser. Tullius fuerat usus. […] Undulata vestis prima e lautissimis fuit; […]Varro testifies that the wool is still to be seen on the distaff and spindle of Tanaquil (also known as Gaia Caecilia) in the temple of Sancus; she had also made a pleated regal toga in the temple of Fortuna, which donned Servius Tullius. […] This pleated toga was then the most noble of all the togas; […]1ˢᵗ c. CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia, VIII.lxxx:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeundulātusundulātaundulātum
genitiveundulātīundulātaeundulātī
dativeundulātōundulātaeundulātō
accusativeundulātumundulātamundulātum
ablativeundulātōundulātāundulātō
vocativeundulāteundulātaundulātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeundulātīundulātaeundulāta
genitiveundulātōrumundulātārumundulātōrum
dativeundulātīsundulātīsundulātīs
accusativeundulātōsundulātāsundulāta
ablativeundulātīsundulātīsundulātīs
vocativeundulātīundulātaeundulāta

undŭlātus, a, um, adj. undo, I. B. 2. and II. p. a.,
I. diversified as with waves (like watered stuffs), undulated: togae, Varr. ap. Non. 189, 26 (cited also in Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin undulātus From *undula (“a small wave”) + -ātus.

Descendants
  • Englishundulate

In English words that came into English from undulātus

  • undulateundulātus

Quick answers

What does undulātus mean in Latin?
undulātus, a adjective, means “undulated, diversified as with waves, pleated”.
How do you pronounce undulātus?
In classical Latin, [ʊn.dʊˈɫaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [un.duˈlaː.tus].