aceratus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈke.ra.tus/, [äˈkɛrät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.ra.tus/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːrät̪us]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκέρατος (akératos), from ἀ- (a-) +‎ κέρατ- (kérat-, “horn”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Adjective

aceratus (feminine acerata, neuter aceratum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hornless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aceratus	acerata	aceratum		aceratī	aceratae	acerata
genitive	aceratī	aceratae	aceratī		aceratōrum	aceratārum	aceratōrum
dative	aceratō	aceratae	aceratō		aceratīs
accusative	aceratum	aceratam	aceratum		aceratōs	aceratās	acerata
ablative	aceratō	aceratā	aceratō		aceratīs
vocative	acerate	acerata	aceratum		aceratī	aceratae	acerata

Derived terms

• Acraea acerata
• Chaenocephalus aceratus
• Grevillea acerata
• Lernaeolophus aceratus
• Stylidium aceratum

Etymology 2

acus +‎ -ātus.

Adjective

acerātus (feminine acerāta, neuter acerātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having bran mixed into it

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	acerātus	acerāta	acerātum		acerātī	acerātae	acerāta
genitive	acerātī	acerātae	acerātī		acerātōrum	acerātārum	acerātōrum
dative	acerātō	acerātae	acerātō		acerātīs
accusative	acerātum	acerātam	acerātum		acerātōs	acerātās	acerāta
ablative	acerātō	acerātā	acerātō		acerātīs
vocative	acerāte	acerāta	acerātum		acerātī	acerātae	acerāta

References

• “aceratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aceratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aceratus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “aceratus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray