moratus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect participle of moror.
Participle
morātus (feminine morāta, neuter morātum); first/second-declension participle
- lingered, loitered
- delayed, hindered
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.5:
- Paucos dies ibi morati
- They delayed a few days there
- Paucos dies ibi morati
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | morātus | morāta | morātum | morātī | morātae | morāta | |
| genitive | morātī | morātae | morātī | morātōrum | morātārum | morātōrum | |
| dative | morātō | morātae | morātō | morātīs | |||
| accusative | morātum | morātam | morātum | morātōs | morātās | morāta | |
| ablative | morātō | morātā | morātō | morātīs | |||
| vocative | morāte | morāta | morātum | morātī | morātae | morāta | |
Adjective
mōrātus (feminine mōrāta, neuter mōrātum); first/second-declension adjective
- mannered, of morals
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mōrātus | mōrāta | mōrātum | mōrātī | mōrātae | mōrāta | |
| genitive | mōrātī | mōrātae | mōrātī | mōrātōrum | mōrātārum | mōrātōrum | |
| dative | mōrātō | mōrātae | mōrātō | mōrātīs | |||
| accusative | mōrātum | mōrātam | mōrātum | mōrātōs | mōrātās | mōrāta | |
| ablative | mōrātō | mōrātā | mōrātō | mōrātīs | |||
| vocative | mōrāte | mōrāta | mōrātum | mōrātī | mōrātae | mōrāta | |
References
- “moratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "moratus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- moratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a moral (immoral) man: homo bene (male) moratus
- a moral (immoral) man: homo bene (male) moratus