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English
Etymology
From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foederatus (plural foederati)
- A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 23:In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of foederō.
Participle
foederātus (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second-declension participle
- sealed, ratified (of an agreement or treaty)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “foederatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- foederatus 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)