ratus

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English

Noun

ratus

  1. plural of ratu

Anagrams

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ratus

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian *ɣatus.

Numeral

ratus

  1. hundred

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ratus

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay ratus, from Proto-Malayic *ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian *RaCus.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ratus

  1. (as a combining form) hundred

Usage notes

Only function as a combining form for other numbers (seratus, dua ratus, tiga ratus, ...). The proper word for a hundred is seratus.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect active (or passive, with active meaning) participle of reor (I think, I consider).

Participle

ratus (feminine rata, neuter ratum); first/second-declension participle

  1. considered, having considered.
  2. judged, having judged
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ratus rata ratum ratī ratae rata
genitive ratī ratae ratī ratōrum ratārum ratōrum
dative ratō ratae ratō ratīs
accusative ratum ratam ratum ratōs ratās rata
ablative ratō ratā ratō ratīs
vocative rate rata ratum ratī ratae rata

Adjective

ratus (feminine rata, neuter ratum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. established, authoritative
  2. fixed, certain
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: rate, ratify
  • Italian: rato

Etymology 2

Noun

ratus m (genitive ratī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of rattus (rat)
Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • ratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ratus 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)
  • ratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the regular courses of the stars: motus stellarum constantes et rati
    • a law is valid: lex rata est (opp. irrita)
    • to declare a law valid: legem ratam esse iubere

Latvian

Noun

ratus m

  1. accusative plural of rats

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ratus

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ratus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Ratus, from Proto-Austronesian *RaCus (hundred).

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay (ratus).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ratus (Jawi spelling راتوس)

  1. hundred

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading