paternitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -tās, from pater (“father”).
Noun edit
paternitās f (genitive paternitātis); third declension
- (Late Latin) fatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity
- (Late Latin) parental descent from the father's side
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
| Genitive | paternitātis | paternitātum |
| Dative | paternitātī | paternitātibus |
| Accusative | paternitātem | paternitātēs |
| Ablative | paternitāte | paternitātibus |
| Vocative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: paternitat
- English: paternity
- French: paternité
- Italian: paternità
- Portuguese: paternidade
- Romanian: paternitate
- Spanish: paternidad
References edit
- “paternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paternitas 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)
- paternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.