oratus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ōrō (“speak, orate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈraː.tus/, [oːˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈra.tus/, [oˈräːt̪us]

Participle

ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension participle

1. spoken, orated, having been spoken.
2. pled, begged, having been pled.
3. prayed, entreated, having been prayed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ōrātus	ōrāta	ōrātum		ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrāta
Genitive	ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrātī		ōrātōrum	ōrātārum	ōrātōrum
Dative	ōrātō		ōrātō		ōrātīs
Accusative	ōrātum	ōrātam	ōrātum		ōrātōs	ōrātās	ōrāta
Ablative	ōrātō	ōrātā	ōrātō		ōrātīs
Vocative	ōrāte	ōrāta	ōrātum		ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrāta

Noun

orātus m (genitive orātūs); fourth declension

1. a praying, entreating
2. a request, entreaty

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orātus	orātūs
Genitive	orātūs	orātuum
Dative	orātuī	orātibus
Accusative	orātum	orātūs
Ablative	orātū	orātibus
Vocative	orātus	orātūs

Adjective

ōrātus (feminine ōrāta, neuter ōrātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of aurātus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ōrātus	ōrāta	ōrātum		ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrāta
Genitive	ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrātī		ōrātōrum	ōrātārum	ōrātōrum
Dative	ōrātō		ōrātō		ōrātīs
Accusative	ōrātum	ōrātam	ōrātum		ōrātōs	ōrātās	ōrāta
Ablative	ōrātō	ōrātā	ōrātō		ōrātīs
Vocative	ōrāte	ōrāta	ōrātum		ōrātī	ōrātae	ōrāta

References

• “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be considered the foremost orator: oratorum principem esse