laudatis

Laudatis is a Latin verb form. It represents the second-person plural present active indicative of the verb lauda- and means "you praise." It appears in classical Latin prose and poetry, as well as in ecclesiastical Latin, where it can stand alone or appear in phrases such as Laudatis Deum, "you (all) praise God."

Morphology and usage

Laudatis derives from the first-conjugation verb laudare, whose present active indicative forms include laudo, laudas, laudat, laudamus, laudatis, and laudant. The form laudatis specifically marks the second person plural subject and the present tense, with the typical sense of a simple statement about ongoing praise. In Latin, the subject is often expressed by the pronoun vos or is understood from context, so phrases like Laudatis Deum can mean "you all praise God" without an explicit subject.

Notes and context

As a verb form, laudatis is primarily a grammatical element rather than a standalone lexical item. It is common in Latin sentences that address or describe a group performing the action of praising. The endings of the 1st conjugation pattern (including -atis for the 2nd person plural present) are a standard feature of Latin verb conjugation and appear across a broad range of texts.

See also

Latin language, Latin conjugation, lauda- (root), ecclesiastical Latin.

In summary, laudatis is the 2nd person plural present active form of laudare, used to say that you all praise, and is encountered in various Latin texts as part of ordinary verb conjugation.