vertebratus

Latin

Etymology

From vertebra (“joint”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”), from vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯er.teˈbraː.tus/, [u̯ɛrt̪ɛˈbräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.teˈbra.tus/, [vert̪eˈbräːt̪us]

Adjective

vertebrātus (feminine vertebrāta, neuter vertebrātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. jointed, articulated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vertebrātus	vertebrāta	vertebrātum		vertebrātī	vertebrātae	vertebrāta
Genitive	vertebrātī	vertebrātae	vertebrātī		vertebrātōrum	vertebrātārum	vertebrātōrum
Dative	vertebrātō		vertebrātō		vertebrātīs
Accusative	vertebrātum	vertebrātam	vertebrātum		vertebrātōs	vertebrātās	vertebrāta
Ablative	vertebrātō	vertebrātā	vertebrātō		vertebrātīs
Vocative	vertebrāte	vertebrāta	vertebrātum		vertebrātī	vertebrātae	vertebrāta

Related terms

• vertebra
• vertō

Descendants

• Catalan: vertebrat
• English: vertebrate
• Portuguese: vertebrado
• Spanish: vertebrado

References

• “vertebratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertebratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.