eviratus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of ēvirō (“emasculate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.u̯iˈraː.tus/, [eːu̯ɪˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.viˈra.tus/, [eviˈräːt̪us]
Participle
[edit]ēvirātus (feminine ēvirāta, neuter ēvirātum); first/second-declension participle
- emasculated, having been deprived of manhood.
- weakened, having been deprived of strength.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ēvirātus | ēvirāta | ēvirātum | ēvirātī | ēvirātae | ēvirāta | |
| genitive | ēvirātī | ēvirātae | ēvirātī | ēvirātōrum | ēvirātārum | ēvirātōrum | |
| dative | ēvirātō | ēvirātae | ēvirātō | ēvirātīs | |||
| accusative | ēvirātum | ēvirātam | ēvirātum | ēvirātōs | ēvirātās | ēvirāta | |
| ablative | ēvirātō | ēvirātā | ēvirātō | ēvirātīs | |||
| vocative | ēvirāte | ēvirāta | ēvirātum | ēvirātī | ēvirātae | ēvirāta | |
Descendants
[edit]- English: evirate
References
[edit]- “eviratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eviratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.