Portatus

Portatus is a Latin term functioning as the perfect passive participle of portare, meaning carried or borne. It also serves as an adjective describing something that has been carried, and it can be used in passive constructions with forms of esse.

Etymology: Portatus is built from the verb stem port- (to carry) plus the suffix -atus, a common formation for perfect passive participles and related adjectives in Latin. The ending is declined to agree with gender, number, and case like other 1st/2nd declension adjectives.

Forms: As a participle, portatus declines like a 1st/2nd declension adjective. Singular: masculine portatus, feminine portata, neuter portatum. Plural: masculine portati, feminine portatae, neuter portata. In usage, it regularly appears with a form of esse to create a perfect passive: for example, portatus est translates as "he has been carried" or "he was carried."

Usage notes: Portatus is common in Latin prose and inscriptions wherever the sense of “carried” or “borne” is required. As a participle, it agrees with the noun it modifies and can function in attributive or predicative positions. It is a typical example of how Latin forms a perfect passive idea from a verb of motion or action and integrates smoothly into both narrative and descriptive contexts.

See also: portare, portus, portationem.