beātus, beāta, beātum

Definitions for beātus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
happy, fortunate, blessed
English derivatives:
beatific beatify beatitude Beatrice

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Happy, fortunate. (b) (of experiences, periods of time, etc.) marked by happiness, happy; (of things) consisting in, bringing, happiness.
2
(of gods or spirits in Elysium) Supremely happy, blissful. (b) (transf., of things connected with them).
3
Rich, wealthy. (b) (of things) rich, sumptuous, copious.

Sentences with beātus

Latin to English

Aetās difficilis potest esse beāta.Compare A difficult life can be happy.

Nam quis potest beātus esse sī aliī hominēs frūctibus pācis lībertātisque carent?Compare For who can be happy if other human beings lack the enjoyments of peace and liberty?

Beātiōrēs cīvēs prō cīvibus miseriōribus haec dulcia faciēbant.Compare The more fortunate citizens used to do these pleasant things on behalf of the more unfortunate citizens.

O terra ille beatus, qui hic vir excipio: hic ingratus, si ejicio: miser, si amitto!Compare O happy that land which shall receive this man: ungrateful this land, if it shall banish him: wretched, if it shall lose him!

Beatus quippe vult esse, etiam non sic vivendo ut possit esse. Quid est ista voluntate mendacius? Unde non frustra dici potest omne peccatum est mendacium.Compare Man indeed desires happiness even when he does to live as to make happiness impossible. What could be more of a lie than such a desire? This is the reason why every sin can be called a lie.

Ultima semper expectanda dies homini, dicique beatus ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet.Compare Man's last day must ever be awaited, and not to be counted happy till his death, till his last funeral rites are paid.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 227.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "beātus, beāta, beātum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 12, 2023. Accessed December 26, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/beatus-beata-beatum.