cogitatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cōgitō (think, consider).

Pronunciation

Participle

cōgitātus (feminine cōgitāta, neuter cōgitātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. thought, having been thought
  2. considered, having been pondered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cōgitātus cōgitāta cōgitātum cōgitātī cōgitātae cōgitāta
genitive cōgitātī cōgitātae cōgitātī cōgitātōrum cōgitātārum cōgitātōrum
dative cōgitātō cōgitātae cōgitātō cōgitātīs
accusative cōgitātum cōgitātam cōgitātum cōgitātōs cōgitātās cōgitāta
ablative cōgitātō cōgitātā cōgitātō cōgitātīs
vocative cōgitāte cōgitāta cōgitātum cōgitātī cōgitātae cōgitāta

Descendants

  • Asturian: cuidáu
  • Galician: coidado
  • Portuguese: cuidado
  • Spanish: cuidado

Noun

cogitatus m (genitive cogitatūs); fourth declension

  1. (Late Latin) thought, a thinking
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ecclesiastes 23.2:
      Quis superponet in cogitatu meo flagella, et in corde meo doctrinam sapientiae, ut ignorationibus eorum non parcant mihi, et non appareant delicta eorum...
      Who will set whips over my thoughts and the discipline of wisdom over my mind, so as not to spare me in my errors and not overlook my sins? (NRSVUE)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cogitatus cogitatūs
genitive cogitatūs cogitatuum
dative cogitatuī cogitatibus
accusative cogitatum cogitatūs
ablative cogitatū cogitatibus
vocative cogitatus cogitatūs

References

  • cogitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cogitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cogitatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cogitatus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016