undulatus

English

Noun

undulatus (plural undulatuses)

  1. (meteorology) Ellipsis of undulatus asperatus cloud.
    Synonyms: undulatus asperatus cloud, undulatus asperatus, undulatus cloud, asperatus cloud, asperatus

Latin

Etymology

From *undula (a small wave) +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

undulātus (feminine undulāta, neuter undulātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. undulated, diversified as with waves, pleated
    • 1st c. C.E., Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia, VIII.lxxx:
      Lanam in colu et fuso Tanaquilis, quae eadem Gaia Caecilia vocata est, in templo Sancus durasse prodente se auctor est M. Varro factamque ab ea togam regiam undulatam in aede Fortunae, qua Ser. Tullius fuerat usus. [] Undulata vestis prima e lautissimis fuit; []
      Varro testifies that the wool is still to be seen on the distaff and spindle of Tanaquil (also known as Gaia Caecilia) in the temple of Sancus; she had also made a pleated regal toga in the temple of Fortuna, which donned Servius Tullius. [] This pleated toga was then the most noble of all the togas; []

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative undulātus undulāta undulātum undulātī undulātae undulāta
genitive undulātī undulātae undulātī undulātōrum undulātārum undulātōrum
dative undulātō undulātae undulātō undulātīs
accusative undulātum undulātam undulātum undulātōs undulātās undulāta
ablative undulātō undulātā undulātō undulātīs
vocative undulāte undulāta undulātum undulātī undulātae undulāta

Descendants

  • English: undulate

References

  • undulatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • undulatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.