cultus, culta -um, cultior -or -us, cultissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cultivated/tilled/farmed (well); ornamented, neat/well groomed; polished/elegant
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultus | culti |
| Gen. | culti | cultorum |
| Dat. | culto | — |
| Acc. | cultum | cultos |
| Voc. | culte | culti |
| Abl. | culto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | culta | cultae |
| Gen. | cultae | cultarum |
| Dat. | cultae | — |
| Acc. | cultam | cultas |
| Voc. | culta | cultae |
| Abl. | culta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultum | culta |
| Gen. | culti | cultorum |
| Dat. | culto | — |
| Acc. | cultum | culta |
| Voc. | cultum | culta |
| Abl. | culto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultius | cultiora |
| Gen. | cultioris | — |
| Acc. | cultius | cultiora |
| Voc. | cultius | cultiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultissimus | cultissimi |
| Gen. | cultissimi | cultissimorum |
| Dat. | cultissimo | — |
| Acc. | cultissimum | cultissimos |
| Voc. | cultissime | cultissimi |
| Abl. | cultissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultissima | cultissimae |
| Gen. | cultissimae | cultissimarum |
| Dat. | cultissimae | — |
| Acc. | cultissimam | cultissimas |
| Voc. | cultissima | cultissimae |
| Abl. | cultissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cultissimum | cultissima |
| Gen. | cultissimi | cultissimorum |
| Dat. | cultissimo | — |
| Acc. | cultissimum | cultissima |
| Voc. | cultissimum | cultissima |
| Abl. | cultissimo | — |
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...loci; noto reparandum est litore fatum. 120accipe templorum cultus aurumque deorum;accipe, si terris, si puppibus ista iuuentusaptior..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Stygias an quod descenderit umbras.discolor et uario furialis cultus amictuinduitur, uoltusque aperitur crine remoto, 655et coma uipereis substringitur..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...dolor nec iam metus: incubat amens miraturque malum. cultus matrona priores deposuit maestaeque tenent delubra cateruae: hae lacrimis..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rapinae,non auro tectisue modus, mensasque prioresaspernata fames; cultus gestare decorosuix nuribus rapuere mares; fecunda uirorum 165paupertas fugitur..."Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...pulchre facere posset, pari modo artifices ceteri, quos cultus domesticus desiderat, apprime boni. Neque tamen horum quemquam nisi..."Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...duritiae se dedisse, ut parsimonia victus atque cultus omnes Lacedaemonios vinceret; fuisse apud Thracas, homines vinolentos rebusque veneriis..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...toga per quinas gaudet requiescere luces, Hos poteris cultus sumere iure tuo. CXLIII Tunicae Patavinae. Vellera consumunt Patavinae..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...extollo mea domo patria pedem. usus, fructus, victus, cultus iam mihi harunc aedium interemptust, interfectust, alienatust. occidi..."