foliatus

foliatus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From folium (leaf) + -ātus (-ed).

    Adjective

    foliātus (feminine foliāta, neuter foliātum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. leaved, leafy, having leaves
    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative foliātus foliāta foliātum foliātī foliātae foliāta
    genitive foliātī foliātae foliātī foliātōrum foliātārum foliātōrum
    dative foliātō foliātae foliātō foliātīs
    accusative foliātum foliātam foliātum foliātōs foliātās foliāta
    ablative foliātō foliātā foliātō foliātīs
    vocative foliāte foliāta foliātum foliātī foliātae foliāta
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • English: foliate

    Etymology 2

    Perfect passive participle of foliō (to beat into leaf), used adjectivally.

    Adjective

    foliātus (feminine foliāta, neuter foliātum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) (pharmacy, of a metal, such as gold) beaten into leaf
      Synonym: foliāticus
      • [1856, Arnold James Cooley, A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy, 3rd edition (overall work in English), page 534:
        GOLD (Leaf). Syn. Aurum Foliatum, A. in libellis,—Lat. Gold reduced to leaves by hammering it between thin animal membrane. Its preparation constitutes the trade of the goldbeater. These leaves are only 1-282,000th of an inch in thickness. Gilt silver is hammered in the same way, but the leaves are thicker. The latter is called "party gold." Both are used by artists and gilders, and by druggists to gild pills, &c.
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