arcuatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• arquātus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of arcuō, from arcus (“bow”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kuˈaː.tus/, [ärkuˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kuˈa.tus/, [ärkuˈäːt̪us]

Participle

arcuātus (feminine arcuāta, neuter arcuātum); first/second-declension participle

1. curved, arched

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arcuātus	arcuāta	arcuātum		arcuātī	arcuātae	arcuāta
Genitive	arcuātī	arcuātae	arcuātī		arcuātōrum	arcuātārum	arcuātōrum
Dative	arcuātō		arcuātō		arcuātīs
Accusative	arcuātum	arcuātam	arcuātum		arcuātōs	arcuātās	arcuāta
Ablative	arcuātō	arcuātā	arcuātō		arcuātīs
Vocative	arcuāte	arcuāta	arcuātum		arcuātī	arcuātae	arcuāta

Derived terms

• fasciculus arcuātus (New Latin)

Descendants

• English: arcuate
• Sardinian: arpau
• Spanish: arcuado

References

• “arcuatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arcuatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcuatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.