rostratus

Latin

Etymology

From rostrum (“beak; snout”) + -atus (“-ate: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːsˈtraː.tus/, [roːs̠ˈt̪räːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rosˈtra.tus/, [rosˈt̪räːt̪us]

Adjective

rōstrātus (feminine rōstrāta, neuter rōstrātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rostrate or beaky: beaked, beak-like
2. snouty: snouted, snout-like
3. hooky: hooked, hook-like

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rōstrātus	rōstrāta	rōstrātum		rōstrātī	rōstrātae	rōstrāta
Genitive	rōstrātī	rōstrātae	rōstrātī		rōstrātōrum	rōstrātārum	rōstrātōrum
Dative	rōstrātō		rōstrātō		rōstrātīs
Accusative	rōstrātum	rōstrātam	rōstrātum		rōstrātōs	rōstrātās	rōstrāta
Ablative	rōstrātō	rōstrātā	rōstrātō		rōstrātīs
Vocative	rōstrāte	rōstrāta	rōstrātum		rōstrātī	rōstrātae	rōstrāta

Descendants

• (English): rostrate

References

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