cultus

English

Etymology

Latin, cultivation, culture. See cult.

Noun

cultus

Wikipedia

1. Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate; worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkul.tus/

Participle

cultus m (feminine culta, neuter cultum); first/second declension

1. tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated
2. protected, nurtured, having been protected
3. (figuratively) worshipped, honored, having been worshipped
4. (figuratively) dressed, clothed, adorned, having been adorned

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	cultus	culta	cultum		cultī	cultae	culta
genitive	cultī	cultae	cultī		cultōrum	cultārum	cultōrum
dative	cultō	cultae	cultō		cultīs	cultīs	cultīs
accusative	cultum	cultam	cultum		cultōs	cultās	culta
ablative	cultō	cultā	cultō		cultīs	cultīs	cultīs
vocative	culte	culta	cultum		cultī	cultae	culta

Descendants

• Italian: colto
• Spanish: culto

Noun

cultus (genitive cultūs); m, fourth declension

1. The act of tilling or cultivating.
2. The act of honoring or worshipping, reverence, adoration, veneration; loyalty
3. A religious group, cult, sect.
4. Care directed to the refinement of life, cultural pursuit, civilization, culture, style; elegance, polish, refinement.
5. Style of dress, external appearance, clothing, attire; ornament, decoration, splendor.
6. (rare) The act of laboring at, labor, care, cultivation, culture.
7. (rare) Training, education, culture.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cultus	cultūs
genitive	cultūs	cultuum
dative	cultuī	cultibus
accusative	cultum	cultūs
ablative	cultū	cultibus
vocative	cultus	cultūs

Related terms

agricola colō colōna colōnārius

colōnātus colōnia colōniārius colōnicus

colōnus culta cultē

cultiō cultor cultūra

Descendants

Asturian: cuchu English: cult French: culte French: culte Italian: culto

Portuguese: culto Romanian: cult Russian: культ (kul't) Spanish: cucho, culto

References

• cultus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879