beatus

English

Noun

beatus (plural beati)

(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.t̪us]

Adjective

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

happy, (truly) happy, blessed, fortunate
prosperous, wealthy, rich
copious, sumptuous
(Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed
- 405 CE, Jerome, 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.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

Related terms

beō

Descendants

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

Noun

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

happy or fortunate person

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
	singular		plural
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