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Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of for (“speak, say”). From Proto-Italic *fātos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-tó-s.
Pronunciation
Participle
fātus (feminine fāta, neuter fātum); first/second-declension participle
- spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc.
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.685:
- Sīc fāta gradūs ēvāserat altōs .
- As she had spoken these words had been climbing the high steps .
(T.E. Page , pg. 393, notes that “‘fata’ is really a present” tense in this context, i.e.: While saying these words….)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
fātus m (genitive fātūs); fourth declension
- word, saying
- oracle, prophecy
- fate
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
See also
References
- “fatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fatus 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)
- fatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Volapük
Noun
fatus
- predicative plural of fat