foederatus

foederatus

English

Etymology

From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːdɛˈɹɑːtəs/

Noun

foederatus (plural foederati)

1. A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:

     In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of foederō.

Participle

foederātus (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second-declension participle

1. sealed, ratified (of an agreement or treaty)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	foederātus	foederāta	foederātum		foederātī	foederātae	foederāta
Genitive	foederātī	foederātae	foederātī		foederātōrum	foederātārum	foederātōrum
Dative	foederātō		foederātō		foederātīs
Accusative	foederātum	foederātam	foederātum		foederātōs	foederātās	foederāta
Ablative	foederātō	foederātā	foederātō		foederātīs
Vocative	foederāte	foederāta	foederātum		foederātī	foederātae	foederāta

References

• “foederatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foederatus 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)