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privatus

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of prīvō (I bereave, deprive; I free, release).

Participle

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prīvātus (feminine prīvāta, neuter prīvātum, adverb prīvātim); first/second-declension participle

  1. bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something
  2. freed, released, set apart, delivered from something, having been released from
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prīvātus prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta
genitive prīvātī prīvātae prīvātī prīvātōrum prīvātārum prīvātōrum
dative prīvātō prīvātae prīvātō prīvātīs
accusative prīvātum prīvātam prīvātum prīvātōs prīvātās prīvāta
ablative prīvātō prīvātā prīvātō prīvātīs
vocative prīvāte prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta

Adjective

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prīvātus (feminine prīvāta, neuter prīvātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. apart from the state; unofficial, private
  2. peculiar, special, personal, individual
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From prīvātus, perfect passive participle of prīvō (I bereave, deprive; I free, release).

Noun

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prīvātus m (genitive prīvātī); second declension

  1. A man holding no political office or associated with the cursus honorum.
  2. A man in a private life, citizen, member of the public.
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

References

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  • privatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • privatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • "privatus", 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)
  • privatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • private life: vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)
    • a civil case: causa privata

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Latin privatus, borrowed via other European languages.

Adjective

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privatùs m (feminine privatì, neuter privatù)

  1. private (most senses)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • privatus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • privatus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025