privatus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of prīvō (I bereave, deprive; I free, release).

Participle

prīvātus (feminine prīvāta, neuter prīvātum, adverb prīvātim); first/second-declension participle

  1. bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something
  2. freed, released, set apart, delivered from something, having been released from
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīvātus prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta
Genitive prīvātī prīvātae prīvātī prīvātōrum prīvātārum prīvātōrum
Dative prīvātō prīvātō prīvātīs
Accusative prīvātum prīvātam prīvātum prīvātōs prīvātās prīvāta
Ablative prīvātō prīvātā prīvātō prīvātīs
Vocative prīvāte prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta

Adjective

prīvātus (feminine prīvāta, neuter prīvātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. apart from the state; unofficial, private
  2. peculiar, special, personal, individual
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prīvātus prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta
Genitive prīvātī prīvātae prīvātī prīvātōrum prīvātārum prīvātōrum
Dative prīvātō prīvātō prīvātīs
Accusative prīvātum prīvātam prīvātum prīvātōs prīvātās prīvāta
Ablative prīvātō prīvātā prīvātō prīvātīs
Vocative prīvāte prīvāta prīvātum prīvātī prīvātae prīvāta
Descendants

Etymology 2

From prīvātus, perfect passive participle of prīvō (I bereave, deprive; I free, release).

Noun

prīvātus m (genitive prīvātī); second declension

  1. A man holding no political office or associated with the cursus honorum.
  2. A man in a private life, citizen, member of the public.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prīvātus prīvātī
Genitive prīvātī prīvātōrum
Dative prīvātō prīvātīs
Accusative prīvātum prīvātōs
Ablative prīvātō prīvātīs
Vocative prīvāte prīvātī

References

  • privatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • privatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • privatus 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)
  • privatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • private life: vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)
    • a civil case: causa privata

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin privatus, borrowed via other European languages.

Adjective

privatùs m (feminine privatì, neuter privatù)

  1. private (most senses)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • privatus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • privatus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024