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Latin

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Etymology

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From pater (father) +‎ -nus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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paternus (feminine paterna, neuter paternum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly.
  2. Related through the father, or his side of the family, paternal.
  3. Of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral.
  4. Of or connected with one's origin or birthplace, native.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative paternus paterna paternum paternī paternae paterna
genitive paternī paternae paternī paternōrum paternārum paternōrum
dative paternō paternae paternō paternīs
accusative paternum paternam paternum paternōs paternās paterna
ablative paternō paternā paternō paternīs
vocative paterne paterna paternum paternī paternae paterna

Synonyms

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  • (of or pertaining to a father): paternālis
  • (of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral): avītus

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: patern
  • Galician: Paderne (place name)
  • Galician: paterno
  • Italian: paterno
  • Portuguese: paterno
  • Romanian: patern
  • Spanish: paterno

References

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  • paternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • disinherited: exheres paternorum bonorum (De Or. 1. 38. 175)
  • paternus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paternus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray