Latin edit

Etymology edit

From pater (father) +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

paternus (feminine paterna, neuter paternum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly.
  2. Related through the father, or his side of the family, paternal.
  3. Of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral.
  4. Of or connected with one's origin or birthplace, native.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative paternus paterna paternum paternī paternae paterna
Genitive paternī paternae paternī paternōrum paternārum paternōrum
Dative paternō paternō paternīs
Accusative paternum paternam paternum paternōs paternās paterna
Ablative paternō paternā paternō paternīs
Vocative paterne paterna paternum paternī paternae paterna

Synonyms edit

  • (of or pertaining to a father): paternālis
  • (of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral): avītus

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: patern
  • Galician: Paderne (place name)
  • Galician: paterno
  • Italian: paterno
  • Portuguese: paterno
  • Romanian: patern
  • Spanish: paterno

References edit

  • paternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • disinherited: exheres paternorum bonorum (De Or. 1. 38. 175)
  • paternus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paternus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray