Geniculatus

Latin

Etymology

From geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) +‎ -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ni.kuˈlaː.tus/, [ɡɛnɪkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.ni.kuˈla.tus/, [d͡ʒenikuˈläːt̪us]

Noun

Geniculātus m sg (genitive Geniculātī); second declension

1. (astronomy) Kneeler, Hercules

Inflection

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Geniculātus
genitive	Geniculātī
dative	Geniculātō
accusative	Geniculātum
ablative	Geniculātō
vocative	Geniculāte

References

• “Geniculatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press