beatus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin beātus.

Noun

beatus (plural beati)

1. (religion) A person who has been beatified.

Anagrams

• beauts

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of beō (“make happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [beˈaː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [beˈaː.tus]

Adjective

beātus (feminine beāta, neuter beātum, comparative beātior, superlative beātissimus, adverb beātē); first/second-declension adjective

1. happy, (truly) happy, blessed, fortunate
2. prosperous, wealthy, rich
3. copious, sumptuous
4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.3.13:

     beātus homō quī invenit sapientiam et quī affluit prūdentiā

     Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Declension

• Sometimes poetic beātum is seen for beātōrum.

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	beātus	beāta	beātum		beātī	beātae	beāta
genitive	beātī	beātae	beātī		beātōrum	beātārum	beātōrum
dative	beātō	beātae	beātō		beātīs
accusative	beātum	beātam	beātum		beātōs	beātās	beāta
ablative	beātō	beātā	beātō		beātīs
vocative	beāte	beāta	beātum		beātī	beātae	beāta

Derived terms

• beātē
• beatī
• beātificō
• beātificus
• beātitās
• beātitūdō
• beātulus
• beātum
• perbeātus

Related terms

• beō

Descendants

• → Catalan: beat
• → French: béat
• → Italian: beato
• → Portuguese: beato
• → Spanish: beato

Noun

beātus m (genitive beātī, feminine beāta); second declension

1. happy or fortunate person

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
nominative	beātus	beāta		beātī	beātae
genitive	beātī	beātae		beātōrum	beātārum
dative	beātō	beātae		beātīs	beātīs
accusative	beātum	beātam		beātōs	beātās
ablative	beātō	beātā		beātīs	beātīs
vocative	beāte	beāta		beātī	beātae

References

• “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “beatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
    
  • (ambiguous) happiness, bliss: beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse