constitutus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of cōnstituō (“to set up, constitute”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.stɪˈtuː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.stiˈtuː.tus]
Participle
cōnstitūtus (feminine cōnstitūta, neuter cōnstitūtum); first/second-declension participle
- set up, arranged, constituted, having been set up
- fixed, established, having been established
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.24:
- Quamquam, quid ego tē invītem, […] ; cui iam sciam pactam et cōnstitūtam cum Mānliō diem; […] .
- And yet, why should I invite you, […] ; when now I know that a day has been agreed upon and fixed with Manlius; […] .
- Quamquam, quid ego tē invītem, […] ; cui iam sciam pactam et cōnstitūtam cum Mānliō diem; […] .
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cōnstitūtus | cōnstitūta | cōnstitūtum | cōnstitūtī | cōnstitūtae | cōnstitūta | |
| genitive | cōnstitūtī | cōnstitūtae | cōnstitūtī | cōnstitūtōrum | cōnstitūtārum | cōnstitūtōrum | |
| dative | cōnstitūtō | cōnstitūtae | cōnstitūtō | cōnstitūtīs | |||
| accusative | cōnstitūtum | cōnstitūtam | cōnstitūtum | cōnstitūtōs | cōnstitūtās | cōnstitūta | |
| ablative | cōnstitūtō | cōnstitūtā | cōnstitūtō | cōnstitūtīs | |||
| vocative | cōnstitūte | cōnstitūta | cōnstitūtum | cōnstitūtī | cōnstitūtae | cōnstitūta | |
Etymology 2
From cōnstituō + -tus (forming ation nouns).
Pronunciation
- cōnstitūtus:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.stɪˈtuː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.stiˈtuː.tus]
- cōnstitūtūs:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.stɪˈtuː.tuːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.stiˈtuː.tus]
Noun
cōnstitūtus m (genitive cōnstitūtūs); fourth declension
- a meeting
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnstitūtus | cōnstitūtūs |
| genitive | cōnstitūtūs | cōnstitūtuum |
| dative | cōnstitūtuī | cōnstitūtibus |
| accusative | cōnstitūtum | cōnstitūtūs |
| ablative | cōnstitūtū | cōnstitūtibus |
| vocative | cōnstitūtus | cōnstitūtūs |
References
- “constĭtūtus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “constĭtūtus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cōnstitūtus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “constĭtūtus / constĭtūtŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- at the appointed time: ad diem constitutam
- at the appointed time: ad diem constitutam