Renatus

See also: renatus

Latin

Etymology

Use as a proper name of the adjective renātus (“reborn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈnaː.tus/, [rɛˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈna.tus/, [reˈnäːt̪us]
• Homophone: renātus

Proper noun

Renātus m sg (genitive Renātī); second declension

1. A male cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. late 4th C.), Late Latin writer on military matters and veterinary medicine
2. a male given name — famously held by:
   1. Renatus Cartesius (1596–1650), French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Renātus
Genitive	Renātī
Dative	Renātō
Accusative	Renātum
Ablative	Renātō
Vocative	Renāte

Related terms

• Renāta

Descendants

• French: René
• Italian: Renato
• Spanish: Renato
• Portuguese: Renato
• → Azerbaijani: Rinat

References

• 2 Rĕnātus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,342/2”

Further reading

• Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Renatus Cartesius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la