praeparatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• preparatus (Medieval and New Latin)

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praeparō (“prepare”).

Participle

praeparātus (feminine praeparāta, neuter praeparātum); first/second-declension participle

1. prepared, having been prepared

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praeparātus	praeparāta	praeparātum		praeparātī	praeparātae	praeparāta
Genitive	praeparātī	praeparātae	praeparātī		praeparātōrum	praeparātārum	praeparātōrum
Dative	praeparātō		praeparātō		praeparātīs
Accusative	praeparātum	praeparātam	praeparātum		praeparātōs	praeparātās	praeparāta
Ablative	praeparātō	praeparātā	praeparātō		praeparātīs
Vocative	praeparāte	praeparāta	praeparātum		praeparātī	praeparātae	praeparāta

Descendants

• Catalan: preparat
• French: préparé
• Italian: preparato
• Portuguese: preparado
• Romanian: preparat
• Spanish: preparado

References

• “praeparatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeparatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeparatus 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 speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere