relatus

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [rɛˈɫaː.tʊs], [rɛˈɫaː.tuːs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈlaː.tus], [reˈlaː.tus]^[1]

Forms

relātus m (genitive relātūs); fourth declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin referō (“to carry back, report”) + -tus, a verbal noun of the fourth declension from the supine stem ⟨relāt-⟩.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Ovid.^[3] Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant the telling of events, narration, recital, as in Seneca and Tacitus; an official report, a motion put before the senate, as in Tacitus' Annals; and the utterance of sounds in reply.^[2][4][5]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a recital, narrative.^[6]

Timeline

• 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^[3]
• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of narration.^[2][3]
• 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of an official report.^[4][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. The telling of events, narration.^[2]
2. An official report, motion.^[4][5]
3. The utterance of sounds in reply.^[2]

Related words

• referō
• relātiō

Usage notes

relātus is also the perfect participle of referō.^[4][5][6]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson