Definition of "atus" [atus]

• A Latin termination, the original of -ate, -ate, -ade, -ee, etc., the suffix of perfect participles of the Latin first conjugation, and of adjectives similarly formed. It occurs frequently in New Latin specific names in botany, zoölogy, etc.
• A termination of Latin nouns, many of which have been adopted unaltered in English, as apparatus, afflatus, flatus, etc.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In contrast to libertarians, liberals and conservatives alike believe that it is essential that government tell people what to do, that people are incapable of behaving ethically without a cop pointing a gun atus."
• "Tract [atus] ¦ I pretended that [a] proposition was a logical product; but it isn't, because “¦” don't give you a logical product."
• ""Maybe so-but what you can't tell is that they're not firing atus.""