consulatus

consulatus

Latin

Etymology

From cōnsul +‎ -ātus (abstract noun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.suˈlaː.tus/, [kõːs̠ʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.suˈla.tus/, [konsuˈläːt̪us]

Noun

cōnsulātus m (genitive cōnsulātūs); fourth declension

1. the consulate, consulship; the office of consul

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsulātus	cōnsulātūs
Genitive	cōnsulātūs	cōnsulātuum
Dative	cōnsulātuī	cōnsulātibus
Accusative	cōnsulātum	cōnsulātūs
Ablative	cōnsulātū	cōnsulātibus
Vocative	cōnsulātus	cōnsulātūs

Related terms

• cōnsul
• cōnsulāris
• cōnsulāritās
• cōnsulāriter
• cōnsulārius
• prōcōnsulātus

Descendants

• English: consulate
• Old Francoprovençal: cossolá, consolá, cosselá
  • Franco-Provençal: cossolá
• French: consulat
• Spanish: consulado

References

• “consulatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consulatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consulatus 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)
• consulatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fail in one's candidature for the consulship: repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)
    
  • during this brilliant consulship: in hoc praeclaro consulatu
    
  • in his former consulship: superiore consulatu