aedificatus

Aedificatus is a Latin past participle and adjective meaning “having been built” or “built,” derived from the verb aedificare, to build. In classical Latin it functioned as a perfect passive participle and as an adjective agreeing with a noun in gender, number, and case (masculine: aedificatus; feminine: aedificata; neuter: aedificatum). In plural forms the endings are aedificati, aedificatae, and aedificata.

Morphology and usage. As a participle, aedificatus can be used to form noun phrases that describe something that has been constructed, such as opus aedificatum “the work built” or templum aedificatum “the temple that has been built.” Because it is declined like an adjective, it agrees with the noun it modifies. It is common in Latin inscriptions and prose dealing with architecture, cities, or monuments, and it can also appear in ecclesiastical or late Latin texts to indicate completion of construction.

Etymology and related terms. The word derives from aedificium (building) and the act of building expressed by aedificare (to build). Related forms include the noun aedificatio (construction, building) and the adjective aedificutus or aedificatus in various medieval Latin manuscripts, which share the same stem and sense.

Modern usage. In English-language scholarship, aedificatus appears primarily in quotations from Latin sources or in discussions of Latin grammar and architectural vocabulary. It is not a living term in contemporary speech, but it serves as a precise linguistic marker for “built” in Latin texts and translations.