[ˈfaː.tũː], [ˈfaː.tum]
OriginFrom fātus, from for (“speak”). Compare typologically Russian рок (rok) (< Proto-Slavic *rokъ, akin to *reťi).
- accusative, form-of, supineaccusative supine of for
- accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, participlenominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative, form-of, masculine, participle, singularaccusative masculine singular
- accusative, form-of, singularaccusative singular of fātus
- declension-2destiny, fate, lot
“alicuius fatum est/ alicui fatum est + infinitive” — someone is fated to ...
“Arma virumque canō, Trōiae quī prīmus ab ōrīs
Ītaliam, fātō profugus, Lāvīniaque vēnit
lītora, ….
I sing of arms and a man, exiled by fate, who first came from the coasts of Troy to Italy and the shor”
- declension-2, in-pluraldeath
- declension-2speech
- declension-2utterance, declaration, proclamation, prediction, prophecy
“sīc erat in fātīs; nec tē tua culpa fugāvit, sed deus” — Thus it was in the prophecies: no fault of yours has exiled you, but a god.
Formsfātum(canonical) · fātum(canonical, masculine) · fātum(canonical, neuter) · fātī(genitive) · fātum(nominative, singular) · fāta(nominative, plural) · fātī(genitive, singular) · fātōrum(genitive, plural) · fātō(dative, singular) · fātīs(dative, plural) · fātum(accusative, singular) · fāta(accusative, plural) · fātō(ablative, singular) · fātīs(ablative, plural) · fātum(singular, vocative) · fāta(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary