-atus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *-ātos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. A "pseudo-participle" possibly related to -tus, though similar formations in other Indo-European languages show that it was distinct from it already in Indo-European times. Compare -ītus, -ūtus. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *-atъ, Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz (English -ed (“having”)). ==== Suffix ==== -ātus (feminine -āta, neuter -ātum); first/second-declension suffix -ed. Used to form adjectives from nouns indicating the possession of a thing or feature. ‎barba (“beard”) + ‎-ātus → ‎barbātus (“bearded, having a beard”) ‎caetra (“a type of short Spanish shield”) + ‎-ātus → ‎caetrātus (“armed with a caetra”) ‎toga (“toga”) + ‎-ātus → ‎togātus (“wearing a toga, clad in a toga”) Used to form adjectives from other adjectives, especially color names, with the sense "wearing [adjective](-colored) clothes". ‎albus (“white”) + ‎-ātus → ‎albātus (“clothed in white”) ‎āter (“black”) + ‎-ātus → ‎atrātus (“clothed in black”) ‎sordidus (“unclean, sordid”) + ‎-ātus → ‎sordidātus (“in dirty clothes, shabbily dressed”) -like, -ate. Used to form adjectives from nouns indicating a resemblance or likeness to the noun. ‎rēticulum (“small net”) + ‎-ātus → ‎rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”) ‎vir (“man”) + ‎-ātus → ‎virātus (“manly, manful”) ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Formed by rebracketing of action nouns in -tus, -tūs of first conjugation verbs such as mercātus (mercor + -tus), where -ā- is actually part of the stem; from Proto-Italic *-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *-tus (suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots). ==== Suffix ==== -ātus m Added to nouns or adjectives to form nouns denoting a rank or office, a group of officials associated with such a rank or office or a certain state. ‎apostolus + ‎-ātus → ‎apostolātus (“apostolate”) ‎triumvir + ‎-ātus → ‎triumvirātus (“triumvirate”) ‎reus (“guilty”) + ‎-ātus → ‎reātus (“guiltyness”) ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: -ate → French: -at (learned) → Norwegian Bokmål: -at Italian: -ato Portuguese: -ado