Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1307.pater on page 1307
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pater father
pater is a Latin Noun that primarily means father.
Definitions for pater
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
father
English derivatives:
paternal paternity patrician patrimony patron patronage patronize patter padre pere
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A father. (b) (in ditinguishing between a father and son of the same name) the elder. (c) (pregn., w. ref. to pedigree) a father (of some standing). (d) an adoptive father. (e) parents.
- 2
(pl.) Fathers, forefathers. (b) a great-great-grandfather.
- 3
(a) The head of a family, a householder. (b) (w. gen.) one who supervises or has charge (of); the senior member or president (of a religuous or other sodality).
Sentences with pater
Latin to English
Patrēs fīliōs suōs saepe timēbant—et nunc multum timōris habent.Compare Fathers often used to fear their own sons—and now they have much (of) fear.
Vīdistīne duōs patrēs nostrōs eō tempore?Compare Did you (sg.) see our two fathers at that time?
Duo patrēs quattuor ex fīliīs mīsērunt.Compare The two fathers sent four of their sons.
Patrēs quōrum fīliī laudātī sunt eī grātiās agent.Compare The fathers whose sons were praised will thank him.
Quīnque ex custōdiīs interfectīs, pater meus cum duōbus ex fīliīs et cum magnō numerō amīcōrum in illam terram līberam fūgit.Compare When five of the guards had been killed, my father fled into that free land with two of his sons and with a large number of friends.
Adsum adolescens, qui pater principatus totus Gallia obtineo.Compare A youth was present, whose father had obtained the sovereignty of all Gaul.
Hoc patriumst, potius consuefacere filium sua sponte recte facere quam alieno metu: hoc pater ac dominus interest.Compare That's the way of a father, to accustom his son to do the right thing of his own accord rather than by fear of someone else; that's where a father differs from a master.
Pater meus sum infirmus valetudo.Compare My father was in weak health.
Declension table for pater
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | pater | patrēs |
| Gen. | patris | patrum |
| Dat. | patrī | patribus |
| Acc. | patrem | patrēs |
| Abl. | patre | patribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 78.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1307.
- 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): 119.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "pater, patris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pater-patris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 78.pater, patris on page 78
