foederatus

English

From Latin foederātus (“allied”), from foedus (“league, agreement”)

foederatus (plural foederati)

A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 23:
  In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.

Perfect passive participle of foederō.

foederātus m (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	foederātus	foederāta	foederātum	foederātī	foederātae	foederāta
Genitive	foederātī	foederātae	foederātī	foederātōrum	foederātārum	foederātōrum
Dative	foederātō	foederātae	foederātō	foederātīs	foederātīs	foederātīs
Accusative	foederātum	foederātam	foederātum	foederātōs	foederātās	foederāta
Ablative	foederātō	foederātā	foederātō	foederātīs	foederātīs	foederātīs
Vocative	foederāte	foederāta	foederātum	foederātī	foederātae	foederāta

foederatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
foederatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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