astratus
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perfect passive participle of asternō.
Participle edit
astrātus (feminine astrāta, neuter astrātum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | astrātus | astrāta | astrātum | astrātī | astrātae | astrāta | |
| Genitive | astrātī | astrātae | astrātī | astrātōrum | astrātārum | astrātōrum | |
| Dative | astrātō | astrātō | astrātīs | ||||
| Accusative | astrātum | astrātam | astrātum | astrātōs | astrātās | astrāta | |
| Ablative | astrātō | astrātā | astrātō | astrātīs | |||
| Vocative | astrāte | astrāta | astrātum | astrātī | astrātae | astrāta | |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From astrum (“star, constellation”) + -ātus.
Adjective edit
astrātus (feminine astrāta, neuter astrātum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) starry
- 1530, Thomas Cajetan, In Psalmos; republished as Thomæ de Vio Caietani […] In Psalmos, Parabolas Salomonis, & Ecclesiasten, nec non in tria priora Isaiæ Capita, Commentarii […] , volume 3, 1639, page 69:
- […] constat autem quòd cœli astrati, ex concauo & cõuexo (qui sunt termini figuræ cælestis) diuidũt aquas, hoc est, cælum aqueum, ab aquis elementaris materiæ.
- […] for it is evident that the starry heavens divide the waters, that is, the watery heaven from the waters of elementary matter, in concave and convex manners (these being the limits of the shape of the heavens).
- (Medieval Latin) starlike, (figuratively) excellent
References edit
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “astratus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- astratus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck