oratus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ōrō (“speak, orate”).

Pronunciation

Participle

ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. spoken, orated, having been spoken.
  2. pled, begged, having been pled.
  3. prayed, entreated, having been prayed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ōrātus ōrāta ōrātum ōrātī ōrātae ōrāta
Genitive ōrātī ōrātae ōrātī ōrātōrum ōrātārum ōrātōrum
Dative ōrātō ōrātō ōrātīs
Accusative ōrātum ōrātam ōrātum ōrātōs ōrātās ōrāta
Ablative ōrātō ōrātā ōrātō ōrātīs
Vocative ōrāte ōrāta ōrātum ōrātī ōrātae ōrāta

Noun

orātus m (genitive orātūs); fourth declension

  1. a praying, entreating
  2. a request, entreaty

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orātus orātūs
Genitive orātūs orātuum
Dative orātuī orātibus
Accusative orātum orātūs
Ablative orātū orātibus
Vocative orātus orātūs

Adjective

ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of aurātus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ōrātus ōrāta ōrātum ōrātī ōrātae ōrāta
Genitive ōrātī ōrātae ōrātī ōrātōrum ōrātārum ōrātōrum
Dative ōrātō ōrātō ōrātīs
Accusative ōrātum ōrātam ōrātum ōrātōs ōrātās ōrāta
Ablative ōrātō ōrātā ōrātō ōrātīs
Vocative ōrāte ōrāta ōrātum ōrātī ōrātae ōrāta

References
  • “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: oratorum principem esse
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