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apparatus is a past participle from apparare, so as an adjective plural would follow second declension, not fourth, i thought. used as a noun, it's an (implici
by jjtheblunt 4y ago
apparatus is a past participle from apparare, so as an adjective plural would follow second declension, not fourth, i thought.
used as a noun, it's an (implicit thing) prepared (which preparatus would describe, but i guess we don't have any other word in English other than apparatus.
i don't have a Latin dictionary though
- jacobmartin 4y agoapparatus is first/second as a past participle. I suppose it could be used as a substantive, but there is also a fourth declension noun with the same lemma meaning implements, tools, etc.: https://logeion.uchicago.edu/apparatus https://logeion.uchicago.edu/apparatus