caelibatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coelibātus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯.liˈbaː.tus/, [käe̯lʲɪˈbäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.liˈba.tus/, [t͡ʃeliˈbäːt̪us]

Noun

caelibātus m (genitive caelibātūs); fourth declension

1. celibacy, the celibate

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	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.