oblongatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of oblongō, oblongāre (“to make oblong”) (New Latin, rarely used in other forms), from oblongus (“rather long, oblong”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.lonˈɡa.tus/, [obloŋˈɡäːt̪us]

Participle

oblongātus (feminine oblongāta, neuter oblongātum); first/second-declension participle (New Latin)

1. oblong (mostly used in medulla oblongāta)
   • c. 1484-1496, Paul Walther von Guglingen, Itinerarium, Neuburg MS p. 211:
     Nota tamen quod terra sancta sit in spera orbiculari, sed quantum ad regiones describuntur inicia et termini terre sancte isto modo. Sed tamen in se est oblongata.

     Note, however, that the Holy Land is in a round circle (spera orbiculari), but concerning the regions, the beginnings, and the borders of the Holy Land are described in this way. But in itself it is oblong.― The Holy Land in Observant Franciscan Texts (c. 1480–1650):Theology, Travel, and Territoriality, by Marianne P. Ritsema van Eck, 2019, page 49

   • 1664, Bernhardus Swalve, Querelae et Opprobria Ventriculi..., page 16:
     Corporum quidem varietas eam variat: rotunda quoque et sphaerica, sed oblongata paululum ad dexteram Figura mea respondet: substantia sane corrugabilis, et extensibilis amplexandis contentis accomoda est.

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   • 1850, Alexander Messerschmidt, Observationes de operationibus chiloplasticis, praesertim in labiis cancrosis, page 32:
     Mutui panni, recuperati ex inferiore buccarum cute, forma quadrata sed oblongata, e mandibula subsecando soluti, ad lineam medianam deinde protracti quatuor suturis circumvolutis inter se connectebantur.

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Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	oblongātus	oblongāta	oblongātum		oblongātī	oblongātae	oblongāta
Genitive	oblongātī	oblongātae	oblongātī		oblongātōrum	oblongātārum	oblongātōrum
Dative	oblongātō		oblongātō		oblongātīs
Accusative	oblongātum	oblongātam	oblongātum		oblongātōs	oblongātās	oblongāta
Ablative	oblongātō	oblongātā	oblongātō		oblongātīs
Vocative	oblongāte	oblongāta	oblongātum		oblongātī	oblongātae	oblongāta