Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

ad- +‎ gnātus

Noun edit

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. A relative connected through the male line; an agnate.
    Coordinate terms: cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs
Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agnātus agnātī
Genitive agnātī agnātōrum
Dative agnātō agnātīs
Accusative agnātum agnātōs
Ablative agnātō agnātīs
Vocative agnāte agnātī
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • English: agnate
  • French: agnat
  • Italian: agnato
  • Portuguese: agnato
  • Spanish: agnado

Etymology 2 edit

Perfect active participle of agnāscor.

Participle edit

agnātus (feminine agnāta, neuter agnātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. afterborn
  2. developed; grown later
Inflection edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative agnātus agnāta agnātum agnātī agnātae agnāta
Genitive agnātī agnātae agnātī agnātōrum agnātārum agnātōrum
Dative agnātō agnātō agnātīs
Accusative agnātum agnātam agnātum agnātōs agnātās agnāta
Ablative agnātō agnātā agnātō agnātīs
Vocative agnāte agnāta agnātum agnātī agnātae agnāta

Noun edit

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. (law) an afterborn son, born after his father had made a will
Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agnātus agnātī
Genitive agnātī agnātōrum
Dative agnātō agnātīs
Accusative agnātum agnātōs
Ablative agnātō agnātīs
Vocative agnāte agnātī

References edit

  • agnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Institutes of Gaius, AD 161, defines in detail the civil law meaning of agatus of ancient Rome. A translation by M. H. Crawford is in Roman Statutes, 1996.