ferratus

Latin

Etymology

From ferrum (“iron”) + -atus (“-ate”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ferˈraː.tus/, [fɛrˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ferˈra.tus/, [ferˈräːt̪us]

Adjective

ferrātus (feminine ferrāta, neuter ferrātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. furnished, covered, or shod with iron

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ferrātus	ferrāta	ferrātum		ferrātī	ferrātae	ferrāta
Genitive	ferrātī	ferrātae	ferrātī		ferrātōrum	ferrātārum	ferrātōrum
Dative	ferrātō		ferrātō		ferrātīs
Accusative	ferrātum	ferrātam	ferrātum		ferrātōs	ferrātās	ferrāta
Ablative	ferrātō	ferrātā	ferrātō		ferrātīs
Vocative	ferrāte	ferrāta	ferrātum		ferrātī	ferrātae	ferrāta

Related terms

• ferreus
• ferrum
• ferrāmentum
• ferrāmentārius
• ferrāria
• ferrārius
• ferrūgineus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgo
• ferrūmen

 

Descendants

• Galician: ferrado
• Italian: ferrato
• Portuguese: ferrado
• Sicilian: firratu

References

• “ferratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ferratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferratus 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)
• ferratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ferratus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly