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biothanatus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βιοθάνατος (biothánatos).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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biothanatus (feminine biothanata, neuter biothanatum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. that died a violent death
  2. (Medieval Latin) that committed suicide
  3. (Medieval Latin, Christianity) reprobate, condemned to hell
    • 1142, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, section 8.17:
      Interea sacerdos coepit secum tractare quod non auderet exsecrabilia biothanati mandata cuilibet annuntiare.
      Nevertheless, the priest began to consider that he did not dare pass on to anyone the execrable tidings of a reprobate.
  4. (Medieval Latin, Christianity) that died without receiving last rites

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative biothanatus biothanata biothanatum biothanatī biothanatae biothanata
genitive biothanatī biothanatae biothanatī biothanatōrum biothanatārum biothanatōrum
dative biothanatō biothanatae biothanatō biothanatīs
accusative biothanatum biothanatam biothanatum biothanatōs biothanatās biothanata
ablative biothanatō biothanatā biothanatō biothanatīs
vocative biothanate biothanata biothanatum biothanatī biothanatae biothanata

References

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  • biothanatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • biothanatus 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)
  • biothanatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “biothanatus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 98
  • biothanatus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck