Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 731.frāter, frātris on page 731
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frāter brother
frāter is a Latin Noun that primarily means brother.
Definitions for frāter
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
brother
English derivatives:
fraternal fraternity fraternize fratricide
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A son of the same father or mother, brother; a full brother. (b) (pl.) brother and sister. (c) (pl. transf., of a kindred race).
- 2
A son of one's paternal uncle, cousin (on one's father's side); also alone.
- 3
(esp. voc., as an affectionate way of referring to a person of one's own age. (b) (as a euphemism for a partner in an irregular sexual union).
Sentences with frāter
Latin to English
Frātre tuō Rōmae interfectō, hortābāmur tē ut Athēnās redīres.Compare When your brother had been killed at Rome, we kept urging you to return to Athens.
Cum frāter meus domī remanēret, ego tamen in novās terrās domō abiī .Compare Although my brother stayed at home, I nevertheless went away from home into new lands.
Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.Compare By ways remote and distant waters sped, Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come, that I may give the last gifts to the dead, and vainly parley with thine ashes dumb. (Tr. Aubrey Beardsley)
Hic frater geminus sum, homo inter sui quum forma tum mos similis, municeps autem suus dissimilis.Compare They were twin brothers, men like each other in character as well as in person, but most unlike their fellow-townsmen.
Respondeo sui, familia funestus Q. Fabius frater mors, laurea non accipio.Compare He answered that he would not accept the laurel, while his family were in mourning of the death of his brother, Q. Fabius.
Declension table for frāter
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | frāter | frātrēs |
| Gen. | frātris | frātrum |
| Dat. | frātrī | frātribus |
| Acc. | frātrem | frātrēs |
| Abl. | frātre | frātribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 51.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 731.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "frāter, frātris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/frater-fratris.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 51.frāter, frātris on page 51
