Pilatus

See also: Pílatus and pilatus

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation and use as a proper noun of the masculine singular of the adjective pīlātus (armed with javelins).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlaː.tus/, [piːˈɫaː.tʊs]

Proper noun

Pīlātus m (genitive Pīlātī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Pontius Pilatus (died AD 37), fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea (AD 26–36)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Pīlātus
Genitive Pīlātī
Dative Pīlātō
Accusative Pīlātum
Ablative Pīlātō
Vocative Pīlāte

Descendants

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