operatus

Latin

Etymology

    Perfect active participle of operor.

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    operātus (feminine operāta, neuter operātum); first/second-declension participle

    1. having worked, laboured, toiled
    2. having engaged, devoted oneself
    3. having celebrated, honored the gods, having sacrificed
    4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) taken in the passive voice: performed, effected

    Adjective

    operātus (feminine operāta, neuter operātum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. efficacious, effective

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative operātus operāta operātum operātī operātae operāta
    genitive operātī operātae operātī operātōrum operātārum operātōrum
    dative operātō operātae operātō operātīs
    accusative operātum operātam operātum operātōs operātās operāta
    ablative operātō operātā operātō operātīs
    vocative operāte operāta operātum operātī operātae operāta

    References

    • operatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • operatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "operatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • operatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN