Latin

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Etymology

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From aculeus (sting, stinger) +‎ -ātus (-ed, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aculeātus (feminine aculeāta, neuter aculeātum, superlative aculeātissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. prickly
  2. barbed
  3. stinging, barbed (metaphorical)
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 63, (trochaic septenarius):
      PISTOCLERUS: Quia istaec lepida sunt memoratui: / éadem in usu atque úbi periclum fácias, aculeáta sunt, / animum fodicant, bona distimulant, facta et famam sauciant.
      PISTOCLERUS: Because these things are pleasant in the talking of; but in the practice, and when you make trial, the same are armed with stings. They pierce the feelings, goad one's fortune, and wound one's merits and character.― Henry Thomas Riley, 1912, Perseus
  4. subtle

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aculeātus aculeāta aculeātum aculeātī aculeātae aculeāta
Genitive aculeātī aculeātae aculeātī aculeātōrum aculeātārum aculeātōrum
Dative aculeātō aculeātō aculeātīs
Accusative aculeātum aculeātam aculeātum aculeātōs aculeātās aculeāta
Ablative aculeātō aculeātā aculeātō aculeātīs
Vocative aculeāte aculeāta aculeātum aculeātī aculeātae aculeāta

Descendants

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  • Italian: aculeato
  • Portuguese: aculeado
  • Translingual: Aculeata

References

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