immaculatus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪm.ma.kʊˈɫaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [im.ma.kuˈlaː.t̪us]
Etymology 1
From im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”).
Adjective
immaculātus (feminine immaculāta, neuter immaculātum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | immaculātus | immaculāta | immaculātum | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculāta | |
| genitive | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculātī | immaculātōrum | immaculātārum | immaculātōrum | |
| dative | immaculātō | immaculātae | immaculātō | immaculātīs | |||
| accusative | immaculātum | immaculātam | immaculātum | immaculātōs | immaculātās | immaculāta | |
| ablative | immaculātō | immaculātā | immaculātō | immaculātīs | |||
| vocative | immaculāte | immaculāta | immaculātum | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculāta | |
Synonyms
- (unstained): castus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “unstained”): maculātus
Related terms
- immaculābilis
Descendants
- Catalan: immaculat
- English: immaculate
- Galician: inmaculado
- Italian: immacolato
- Portuguese: imaculado
- Romanian: imaculat
- Sicilian: mmaculatu
- Spanish: inmaculado
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of immaculō (“stain”).
Participle
immaculātus (feminine immaculāta, neuter immaculātum); first/second-declension participle
- stained, having been stained
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | immaculātus | immaculāta | immaculātum | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculāta | |
| genitive | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculātī | immaculātōrum | immaculātārum | immaculātōrum | |
| dative | immaculātō | immaculātae | immaculātō | immaculātīs | |||
| accusative | immaculātum | immaculātam | immaculātum | immaculātōs | immaculātās | immaculāta | |
| ablative | immaculātō | immaculātā | immaculātō | immaculātīs | |||
| vocative | immaculāte | immaculāta | immaculātum | immaculātī | immaculātae | immaculāta | |
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “stained”): castus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus
References
- “immaculatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- immaculatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.