beatus
English
Noun
beatus (plural beati)
- (religion) A person who has been beatified.
Anagrams
- beauts
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of beō (“make happy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈaː.tus/, [beˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈa.tus/, [beˈäːt̪us]
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Adjective
beātus (feminine beāta, neuter beātum, comparative beātior, superlative beātissimus, adverb beātē); first/second-declension adjective
- happy, (truly) happy, blessed, fortunate
- prosperous, wealthy, rich
- copious, sumptuous
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) blessed
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 3:13:
- beātus homō quī invenit sapientiam et quī affluit prūdentia
- Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
- beātus homō quī invenit sapientiam et quī affluit prūdentia
Declension
- Sometimes poetic beātum is seen for beātōrum.
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | beātus | beāta | beātum | beātī | beātae | beāta | |
| Genitive | beātī | beātae | beātī | beātōrum | beātārum | beātōrum | |
| Dative | beātō | beātō | beātīs | ||||
| Accusative | beātum | beātam | beātum | beātōs | beātās | beāta | |
| Ablative | beātō | beātā | beātō | beātīs | |||
| Vocative | beāte | beāta | beātum | beātī | beātae | beāta | |
Derived terms
- beātē
- beatī
- beātificō
- beātificus
- beātitās
- beātitūdō
- beātulus
- beātum
Related terms
- beō
Descendants
- → Catalan: beat
- → French: béat
- → Italian: beato
- → Portuguese: beato
- → Spanish: beato
Noun
beātus m (genitive beātī, feminine beāta); second declension
- happy or fortunate person
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| Nominative | beātus | beāta | beātī | beātae | |
| Genitive | beātī | beātae | beātōrum | beātārum | |
| Dative | beātō | beātīs | beātīs | ||
| Accusative | beātum | beātam | beātōs | beātās | |
| Ablative | beātō | beātā | beātīs | beātīs | |
| Vocative | beāte | beāta | beātī | beātae | |
References
- “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
- (ambiguous) happiness, bliss: beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse
- (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere