rostratus

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Latin

Etymology

From rostrum (“beak; snout”) + -atus (“-ate: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rōstrātus (feminine rōstrāta, neuter rōstrātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. rostrate or beaky: beaked, beak-like
  2. snouty: snouted, snout-like
  3. hooky: hooked, hook-like

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rōstrātus rōstrāta rōstrātum rōstrātī rōstrātae rōstrāta
genitive rōstrātī rōstrātae rōstrātī rōstrātōrum rōstrātārum rōstrātōrum
dative rōstrātō rōstrātae rōstrātō rōstrātīs
accusative rōstrātum rōstrātam rōstrātum rōstrātōs rōstrātās rōstrāta
ablative rōstrātō rōstrātā rōstrātō rōstrātīs
vocative rōstrāte rōstrāta rōstrātum rōstrātī rōstrātae rōstrāta

Descendants

References

  • “rostratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rostratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rostratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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