immaculatus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.ma.kuˈlaː.tus/, [ɪmːäkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.ma.kuˈla.tus/, [imːäkuˈläːt̪us]

Etymology 1

From im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”).

Adjective

immaculātus (feminine immaculāta, neuter immaculātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unstained

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immaculātus	immaculāta	immaculātum		immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculāta
Genitive	immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculātī		immaculātōrum	immaculātārum	immaculātōrum
Dative	immaculātō		immaculātō		immaculātīs
Accusative	immaculātum	immaculātam	immaculātum		immaculātōs	immaculātās	immaculāta
Ablative	immaculātō	immaculātā	immaculātō		immaculātīs
Vocative	immaculāte	immaculāta	immaculātum		immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculāta

Synonyms

• (unstained): castus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “unstained”): maculātus

Related terms

• immaculābilis

Descendants

• Catalan: immaculat
• English: immaculate
• Galician: inmaculado
• Italian: immacolato
• Portuguese: imaculado
• Romanian: imaculat
• Sicilian: mmaculatu
• Spanish: inmaculado

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of immaculō (“stain”).

Participle

immaculātus (feminine immaculāta, neuter immaculātum); first/second-declension participle

1. stained, having been stained

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	immaculātus	immaculāta	immaculātum		immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculāta
Genitive	immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculātī		immaculātōrum	immaculātārum	immaculātōrum
Dative	immaculātō		immaculātō		immaculātīs
Accusative	immaculātum	immaculātam	immaculātum		immaculātōs	immaculātās	immaculāta
Ablative	immaculātō	immaculātā	immaculātō		immaculātīs
Vocative	immaculāte	immaculāta	immaculātum		immaculātī	immaculātae	immaculāta

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “stained”): castus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

References

• “immaculatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immaculatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.