-atum

• -tum (after vowel or single consonant)

From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic ـَة (-a) and Biblical Hebrew ־ָה (-ɔ).

• IPA^(key): /-a.tum/

-atum (plural -ātum)

1. Suffix used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives.
2. Suffix used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t̪um]

-ātum

1. inflection of -ātus (“adjective-forming suffix”):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

-ātum

1. accusative singular of -ātus (“noun-forming suffix”)