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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of plācō. Cf. placidus.
Participle
plācātus (feminine plācāta, neuter plācātum); first/second-declension participle
- soothed, appeased, calmed
- quiet, gentle, still, calm, peaceful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “placatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “placatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- placatus 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)
- placatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.