"cultus" meaning in Latin

See cultus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkʊɫ.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkul.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Head templates: {{la-noun|cultus<4>}} cultus m (genitive cultūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cultus<4>}} Forms: cultūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cultus [nominative, singular], cultūs [nominative, plural], cultūs [genitive, singular], cultuum [genitive, plural], cultuī [dative, singular], cultibus [dative, plural], cultum [accusative, singular], cultūs [accusative, plural], cultū [ablative, singular], cultibus [ablative, plural], cultus [singular, vocative], cultūs [plural, vocative]
  1. cultivation, tilling (the act of tilling or cultivating) Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-L1jI33NG
  2. honoring; worship, reverence, adoration, veneration; loyalty (the act of showing honor or giving worship to) Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-d5zmgcYx
  3. cult, sect (a religious group) Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-ASl7scfF Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 9 9 15 9 12 10 11 6 6 7 5
  4. civilization, culture, style; elegance, polish, refinement (care directed to the refinement of life, cultural pursuit) Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-aSu-zG3l
  5. style of dress, external appearance, clothing, attire; ornament, decoration, splendor Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-3UvJL6Z5
  6. (rare) labor, care, cultivation, culture Tags: declension-4, masculine, rare
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-hoSka25h
  7. (rare) training, education, culture Tags: declension-4, masculine, rare Synonyms: disciplīna
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-noun-Bq3je9Am
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: agricola, colō, colōna, colōnārius, colōnātus, colōnia, colōniārius, colōnicus, colōnus, culta, cultē, cultiō, cultor, cultūra

Verb

IPA: [ˈkʊɫ.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkul.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate; worship”). Head templates: {{la-part|cultus|comp=cultior|sup=cultissimus}} cultus (feminine culta, neuter cultum, comparative cultior, superlative cultissimus); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cultus}} Forms: culta [feminine], cultum [neuter], cultior [comparative], cultissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cultus [masculine, nominative, singular], culta [feminine, nominative, singular], cultum [neuter, nominative, singular], cultī [masculine, nominative, plural], cultae [feminine, nominative, plural], culta [neuter, nominative, plural], cultī [genitive, masculine, singular], cultae [feminine, genitive, singular], cultī [genitive, neuter, singular], cultōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], cultārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cultōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cultō [dative, masculine, singular], cultae [dative, feminine, singular], cultō [dative, neuter, singular], cultīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cultum [accusative, masculine, singular], cultam [accusative, feminine, singular], cultum [accusative, neuter, singular], cultōs [accusative, masculine, plural], cultās [accusative, feminine, plural], culta [accusative, neuter, plural], cultō [ablative, masculine, singular], cultā [ablative, feminine, singular], cultō [ablative, neuter, singular], cultīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], culte [masculine, singular, vocative], culta [feminine, singular, vocative], cultum [neuter, singular, vocative], cultī [masculine, plural, vocative], cultae [feminine, plural, vocative], culta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: colō (extra: till, cultivate; worship)
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-verb-0yXLXTWF
  2. protected, nurtured, having been protected Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: colō (extra: till, cultivate; worship)
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-verb-fRUAU9Uk Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 14 5 7 8 3 10 3 22 16 3
  3. (figuratively) worshipped, honored, having been worshipped Tags: declension-1, declension-2, figuratively, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: colō (extra: till, cultivate; worship)
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-verb-7GhNXMrP
  4. (figuratively) dressed, clothed, adorned, having been adorned Tags: declension-1, declension-2, figuratively, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: colō (extra: till, cultivate; worship)
    Sense id: en-cultus-la-verb-~pD-T5xG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "colto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "curtu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "culto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "culto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cultivado"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate; worship”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cultus",
        "comp": "cultior",
        "sup": "cultissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "cultus (feminine culta, neuter cultum, comparative cultior, superlative cultissimus); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cultus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "till, cultivate; worship",
          "word": "colō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated"
      ],
      "id": "en-cultus-la-verb-0yXLXTWF",
      "links": [
        [
          "tilled",
          "tilled"
        ],
        [
          "cultivated",
          "cultivated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 14 5 7 8 3 10 3 22 16 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "till, cultivate; worship",
          "word": "colō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "protected, nurtured, having been protected"
      ],
      "id": "en-cultus-la-verb-fRUAU9Uk",
      "links": [
        [
          "protected",
          "protected"
        ],
        [
          "nurtured",
          "nurtured"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "till, cultivate; worship",
          "word": "colō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worshipped, honored, having been worshipped"
      ],
      "id": "en-cultus-la-verb-7GhNXMrP",
      "links": [
        [
          "worshipped",
          "worshipped"
        ],
        [
          "honored",
          "honored"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) worshipped, honored, having been worshipped"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and the fashionably dressed girlfriend is dancing with her hair undone\n(literally, “having been adorned, the girlfriend is dancing with her hair undone”)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.538",
          "text": "cultaque diffūsīs saltat amīca comīs",
          "translation": "and the fashionably dressed girlfriend is dancing with her hair undone\n(literally, “having been adorned, the girlfriend is dancing with her hair undone”)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "till, cultivate; worship",
          "word": "colō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dressed, clothed, adorned, having been adorned"
      ],
      "id": "en-cultus-la-verb-~pD-T5xG",
      "links": [
        [
          "dressed",
          "dressed"
        ],
        [
          "clothed",
          "clothed"
        ],
        [
          "adorned",
          "adorned"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) dressed, clothed, adorned, having been adorned"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cultus"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cuchu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "kultu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culte"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cult"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cult"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kült"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cuito"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kultusz"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kultus"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kultusz"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kult"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "culto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "culto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kulʹt",
      "word": "культ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cucho"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cultūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cultus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "cultus m (genitive cultūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cultus<4>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "agricola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōnārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōnātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōnia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōniārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōnicus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "colōnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "culta"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "colōnātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnia"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōniārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "culta"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultē"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultor"
    },
    {
      "word": "cultūra"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cultivation, tilling (the act of tilling or cultivating)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivation",
          "cultivation"
        ],
        [
          "tilling",
          "tilling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honoring; worship, reverence, adoration, veneration; loyalty (the act of showing honor or giving worship to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "reverence",
          "reverence"
        ],
        [
          "adoration",
          "adoration"
        ],
        [
          "veneration",
          "veneration"
        ],
        [
          "loyalty",
          "loyalty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cult, sect (a religious group)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cult",
          "cult"
        ],
        [
          "sect",
          "sect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "civilization, culture, style; elegance, polish, refinement (care directed to the refinement of life, cultural pursuit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "civilization",
          "civilization"
        ],
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "elegance",
          "elegance"
        ],
        [
          "polish",
          "polish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "style of dress, external appearance, clothing, attire; ornament, decoration, splendor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ],
        [
          "attire",
          "attire"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "decoration",
          "decoration"
        ],
        [
          "splendor",
          "splendor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "labor, care, cultivation, culture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "cultivation",
          "cultivation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) labor, care, cultivation, culture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "training, education, culture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "training",
          "training"
        ],
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) training, education, culture"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disciplīna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:"
  ],
  "word": "cultus"
}

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