undatus

Forms

undātus (feminine undāta, neuter undātum); first/second-declension adjective^[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin unda (“wave”) + -ātus.^[1][2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from Pliny the Elder, who describes kinds of shells marked imbricatim undata, with wavy lines like overlapping tiles.^[2][4][5]

Semantic evolution

It means having a wave-like form or look;^[1] Georges renders it as “watered” or “flamed”, of the pattern on the shells.^[2]

Timeline

• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the wavy markings of shells.^[2][3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Having a wave-like form or appearance; wavy, undulating.^[1][4][5]

Word family

• interundatus

Related words

• unda

References

1. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier