Jump to content

astratus

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Latin

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Perfect passive participle of asternō.

Participle

[edit]

astrātus (feminine astrāta, neuter astrātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. prostrated, prostrate
    • c. 330 CE, Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri quattuor 1.13:
      Cetera nam foribus tunc plebs adstrata rogabat
      For the rest of the people were praying prostrate outside
Declension
[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative astrātus astrāta astrātum astrātī astrātae astrāta
genitive astrātī astrātae astrātī astrātōrum astrātārum astrātōrum
dative astrātō astrātae astrātō astrātīs
accusative astrātum astrātam astrātum astrātōs astrātās astrāta
ablative astrātō astrātā astrātō astrātīs
vocative astrāte astrāta astrātum astrātī astrātae astrāta
Alternative forms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

From astrum (star, constellation)-ātus.

Adjective

[edit]

astrātus (feminine astrāta, neuter astrātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) starry
    • 1530, Thomas Cajetan, In Psalmos; republished as Thomæ de Vio Caietani [] In Psalmos, Parabolas Salomonis, & Ecclesiasten, nec non in tria priora Isaiæ Capita, Commentarii [] , volume 3, 1639, page 69:
      [] constat autem quòd cœli astrati, ex concauo & cõuexo (qui sunt termini figuræ cælestis) diuidũt aquas, hoc est, cælum aqueum, ab aquis elementaris materiæ.
      [] for it is evident that the starry heavens divide the waters, that is, the watery heaven from the waters of elementary matter, in concave and convex manners (these being the limits of the shape of the heavens).
  2. (Medieval Latin) starlike, (figuratively) excellent

References

[edit]