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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cōgitō (“think, consider”).
Pronunciation
Participle
cōgitātus (feminine cōgitāta, neuter cōgitātum); first/second-declension participle
- thought, having been thought
- considered, having been pondered
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Noun
cogitatus m (genitive cogitatūs); fourth declension
- (Late Latin) thought, a thinking
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Ecclesiastes 23.2:
- Quis superponet in cogitatu meo flagella, et in corde meo doctrinam sapientiae, ut ignorationibus eorum non parcant mihi, et non appareant delicta eorum...
- Who will set whips over my thoughts and the discipline of wisdom over my mind, so as not to spare me in my errors and not overlook my sins? (NRSVUE)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
References
- “cogitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cogitatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cogitatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cogitatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016