compater
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom com- (“joint”) + pater (“father”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pa.ter/, [ˈkɔmpät̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pa.ter/, [ˈkɔmpät̪er]
Noun
editcompater m (genitive compatris); third declension
- (Late Latin) godfather (in relation to godchild or fellow godparent or parent)
- (informal) a male companion, buddy
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | compater | compatrēs |
Genitive | compatris | compatrum |
Dative | compatrī | compatribus |
Accusative | compatrem | compatrēs |
Ablative | compatre | compatribus |
Vocative | compater | compatrēs |
Coordinate terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: compare
- → Old English: cumpæder
- Old French: comper, conper
- Italian: compare
- Neapolitan: cumpà
- Old Galician-Portuguese: compadre, conpadre
- Old Spanish: cuémpadre
- Spanish: compadre (see there for further descendants)
- Sicilian: cumpari
- → Proto-Slavic: *kъmotrъ
- Venetian: conpare
- → Greek: κουμπάρος (koumpáros)
References
edit- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “compater”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- compater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- compater in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Keith Sidwell (1995), Reading Medieval Latin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)