caelibatus

Latin

Alternative forms

coelibātus

Etymology

From caelebs (“unmarried, single”) +‎ -ātus (abstract noun).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kae̯.liˈbaː.tus/, [käe̯lʲɪˈbäːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.liˈba.tus/, [t͡ʃeliˈbäːt̪us]

Noun

caelibātus m (genitive caelibātūs); fourth declension

celibacy, the celibate

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelibātus	caelibātūs
Genitive	caelibātūs	caelibātuum
Dative	caelibātuī	caelibātibus
Accusative	caelibātum	caelibātūs
Ablative	caelibātū	caelibātibus
Vocative	caelibātus	caelibātūs

Descendants

→ German: Zölibat
French: célibat
English: celibate
Italian: celibato
Portuguese: celibato
Romanian: celibat
Spanish: celibato

References

“caelibatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
caelibatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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