laureatus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin laurea

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin laureātus

From laurea (“laurel crown”) + -ātus (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

laureātus (feminine laureāta, neuter laureātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. crowned with laurels, laureate, having been crowned with laurels
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.23:

     iamque tres laureatae in urbe statuae et adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas

     in the city there were already three statues crowned with laurels, and still Tacfarinas was ravaging Africa

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	laureātus	laureāta	laureātum		laureātī	laureātae	laureāta
genitive	laureātī	laureātae	laureātī		laureātōrum	laureātārum	laureātōrum
dative	laureātō	laureātae	laureātō		laureātīs
accusative	laureātum	laureātam	laureātum		laureātōs	laureātās	laureāta
ablative	laureātō	laureātā	laureātō		laureātīs
vocative	laureāte	laureāta	laureātum		laureātī	laureātae	laureāta

Related terms

• laurea
• laureola
• laureus

Descendants

• English: laureate
• French: lauréat
• Italian: laureato
• Piedmontese: laureà
• Sicilian: lauriatu

References

• “laureatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laureatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “laureatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.