attentus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of attendō or attineō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛn.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [at̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.t̪us]

Participle

attentus (feminine attenta, neuter attentum); first/second-declension participle

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	attentus	attenta	attentum	attentī	attentae	attenta
genitive	attentī	attentae	attentī	attentōrum	attentārum	attentōrum
dative	attentō	attentae	attentō	attentīs
accusative	attentum	attentam	attentum	attentōs	attentās	attenta
ablative	attentō	attentā	attentō	attentīs
vocative	attente	attenta	attentum	attentī	attentae	attenta

Adjective

attentus (feminine attenta, neuter attentum, comparative attentior, superlative attentissimus, adverb attentē); first/second-declension adjective

attentive
Synonyms: intentus, intēnsus, ērēctus, cautus

Antonym: incautus
conscientious
economical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	attentus	attenta	attentum	attentī	attentae	attenta
genitive	attentī	attentae	attentī	attentōrum	attentārum	attentōrum
dative	attentō	attentae	attentō	attentīs
accusative	attentum	attentam	attentum	attentōs	attentās	attenta
ablative	attentō	attentā	attentō	attentīs
vocative	attente	attenta	attentum	attentī	attentae	attenta

Derived terms

attentiō

Descendants

Catalan: atent
English: attent, attentive
French: attentif
Dutch: attent
Italian: attento
Portuguese: atento
Romanian: atent
Sicilian: attentu
Spanish: atento

References

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