fratruus

Latin

Etymology

From frāter (“brother”), by analogy with patruus.

Noun

frātruus m (genitive frātruī); second declension

1. fraternal nephew, a brother's son

   Synonym: frātruēlis

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	frātruus	frātruī
Genitive	frātruī	frātruōrum
Dative	frātruō	frātruīs
Accusative	frātruum	frātruōs
Ablative	frātruō	frātruīs
Vocative	frātrue	frātruī

References

• fratruus 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)