ultus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of ulcīscor (“I avenge; take revenge on”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tus/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.tus/, [ˈul̪t̪us]

Participle

ultus (feminine ulta, neuter ultum); first/second-declension participle

1. avenged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ultus	ulta	ultum		ultī	ultae	ulta
genitive	ultī	ultae	ultī		ultōrum	ultārum	ultōrum
dative	ultō	ultae	ultō		ultīs
accusative	ultum	ultam	ultum		ultōs	ultās	ulta
ablative	ultō	ultā	ultō		ultīs
vocative	ulte	ulta	ultum		ultī	ultae	ulta

Derived terms

• inultus
• ultiō
• ultor

Descendants

• → Italian: ulto

References

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