English

Noun

foederatus ‎(plural foederati)

1. 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.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of foederō.

Participle

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

1. sealed, ratified (of an agreement or treaty)

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• 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)