acatus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκατος (ákatos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ka.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ka.tus]

Noun

acatus f (genitive acatī); second declension

1. a light vessel or boat

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acatus	acatī
genitive	acatī	acatōrum
dative	acatō	acatīs
accusative	acatum	acatōs
ablative	acatō	acatīs
vocative	acate	acatī

References

“ăcătus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• "acatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “acatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “acatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “acatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin