lemniscatus

Latin

Etymology

From lēmniscus +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leːm.nisˈkaː.tus/, [ɫ̪eːmnɪs̠ˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lem.nisˈka.tus/, [lemnisˈkäːt̪us]

Adjective

lēmniscātus (feminine lēmniscāta, neuter lēmniscātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. decorated with hanging ribbons.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lēmniscātus	lēmniscāta	lēmniscātum		lēmniscātī	lēmniscātae	lēmniscāta
Genitive	lēmniscātī	lēmniscātae	lēmniscātī		lēmniscātōrum	lēmniscātārum	lēmniscātōrum
Dative	lēmniscātō		lēmniscātō		lēmniscātīs
Accusative	lēmniscātum	lēmniscātam	lēmniscātum		lēmniscātōs	lēmniscātās	lēmniscāta
Ablative	lēmniscātō	lēmniscātā	lēmniscātō		lēmniscātīs
Vocative	lēmniscāte	lēmniscāta	lēmniscātum		lēmniscātī	lēmniscātae	lēmniscāta

Related terms

• lēmniscus

Descendants

• German: Lemniskate
• English: lemniscate
• Galician: lemniscata
• Kazakh: лемниската (lemniskata)
• Polish: lemniskata
• Portuguese: lemniscata
• Russian: лемниската (lemniskata)
• Serbo-Croatian: лемниската

References

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