foederatus

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fiːdɛˈɹɑːtəs/

NounEdit

foederatus (plural foederati)

1. A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:

     In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Perfect passive participle of foederō.

ParticipleEdit

foederātus m (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second declension

1. sealed, ratified (of an agreement or treaty)

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	foederātus	foederāta	foederātum		foederātī	foederātae	foederāta
genitive	foederātī	foederātae	foederātī		foederātōrum	foederātārum	foederātōrum
dative	foederātō		foederātō		foederātīs
accusative	foederātum	foederātam	foederātum		foederātōs	foederātās	foederāta
ablative	foederātō	foederātā	foederātō		foederātīs
vocative	foederāte	foederāta	foederātum		foederātī	foederātae	foederāta

ReferencesEdit

• foederatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foederatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)