maternus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom māter (“mother”) + -nus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈter.nus/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈter.nus/, [mäˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective
editmāternus (feminine māterna, neuter māternum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | māternus | māterna | māternum | māternī | māternae | māterna | |
Genitive | māternī | māternae | māternī | māternōrum | māternārum | māternōrum | |
Dative | māternō | māternō | māternīs | ||||
Accusative | māternum | māternam | māternum | māternōs | māternās | māterna | |
Ablative | māternō | māternā | māternō | māternīs | |||
Vocative | māterne | māterna | māternum | māternī | māternae | māterna |
Synonyms
edit- (of or pertaining to a mother): māternālis, mātrālis
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.