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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From folium (“leaf”) + -ātus (“-ed”).
Adjective
foliātus (feminine foliāta, neuter foliātum); first/second-declension adjective
- leaved, leafy, having leaves
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of foliō (“to beat into leaf”), used adjectivally.
Adjective
foliātus (feminine foliāta, neuter foliātum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) (pharmacy, of a metal, such as gold) beaten into leaf
- Synonym: foliāticus
References
- “foliatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- foliatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “foliare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC