fraternus

Latin

Etymology

From frāter (“brother”) +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fraːˈter.nus/, [fräːˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraˈter.nus/, [fräˈt̪ɛrnus]

Adjective

frāternus (feminine frāterna, neuter frāternum, adverb frāternē); first/second-declension adjective

1. brotherly, fraternal

   Synonym: frāternālis

2. of or pertaining to a kinsman
3. friendly, close

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frāternus	frāterna	frāternum		frāternī	frāternae	frāterna
Genitive	frāternī	frāternae	frāternī		frāternōrum	frāternārum	frāternōrum
Dative	frāternō		frāternō		frāternīs
Accusative	frāternum	frāternam	frāternum		frāternōs	frāternās	frāterna
Ablative	frāternō	frāternā	frāternō		frāternīs
Vocative	frāterne	frāterna	frāternum		frāternī	frāternae	frāterna

Derived terms

• frāternitās
• frāternālis
• frāternē

 

Related terms

• frāter
• frāterculus
• frātricīda
• frātricīdium
• frātruēlis

 

Descendants

• Catalan: fratern
• Italian: fraterno
• Portuguese: fraterno
• Romanian: fratern
• Spanish: fraterno

References

• “fraternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fraternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fraternus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fraternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.