mandatus

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Verb

mandatus

  1. conditional of mandati

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of mandō (hand over, deliver).

Participle

mandātus (feminine mandāta, neuter mandātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. put in hand, delivered over, having been handed over.
  2. committed, consigned, having been consigned.
  3. confided, having been confided.
  4. commissioned, having been commissioned.
  5. written, having been put in writing.
  6. ordered, commanded, having been commanded.
  7. entrusted, having been entrusted.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mandātus mandāta mandātum mandātī mandātae mandāta
Genitive mandātī mandātae mandātī mandātōrum mandātārum mandātōrum
Dative mandātō mandātō mandātīs
Accusative mandātum mandātam mandātum mandātōs mandātās mandāta
Ablative mandātō mandātā mandātō mandātīs
Vocative mandāte mandāta mandātum mandātī mandātae mandāta

Descendants

  • Catalan: mandat
  • French: mandat
  • Italian: mandato
  • Portuguese: mandato
  • Romanian: mandat
  • Spanish: mandato

References

  • mandatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mandatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mandatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to entrust a matter to a person; to commission: mandatum, negotium alicui dare
    • (ambiguous) to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere