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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dōnō.
Pronunciation
Participle
dōnātus (feminine dōnāta, neuter dōnātum); first/second-declension participle
- given
- bestowed, granted
- forgiven, pardoned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- "donatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- donatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to retire from service: rude donatum esse (Phil. 2. 29)
- “donatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “donatus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray