oratus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of ōrō (“speak, orate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈraː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈraː.tus] === Participle === ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension participle spoken, orated, having been spoken. pled, begged, having been pled. prayed, entreated, having been prayed. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === orātus m (genitive orātūs); fourth declension a praying, entreating a request, entreaty ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. === Adjective === ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension adjective alternative form of aurātus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oratus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.