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Pater

Pater

See also: pater, páter, and páteř

Breton

Noun

Pater f (plural Pateroù or Paterioù)

  1. Lord’s Prayer

Mutation


German

Etymology

From Latin pater.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːtɐ/

Noun

Pater m (genitive Paters, plural Patres or Pater)

  1. (Roman Catholicsm) father (monk who is a priest, as distinct from a Frater)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) Father (address for a priest)

Declension

pater

pater

See also: Pater, páter, and páteř

English

Noun

pater (plural paters)

  1. (formal) father

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ter

Etymology

From Borrowing from Latin pater. Doublette with Dutch vader and va.

Noun

pater m (plural paters, diminutive patertje n)

  1. father (in the religious sense)

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr; cognate to Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr), Old English fæder (English father), Old Norse faðir, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), Persian پدر (pedar).

Pronunciation

Noun

pater m (genitive patris); third declension

  1. father (male parent)
  2. head of household
  3. parent
  4. forefather
  5. honorific title

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pater patrēs
genitive patris patrum
dative patrī patribus
accusative patrem patrēs
ablative patre patribus
vocative pater patrēs

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Descendants

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References

  • pater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pater”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in our fathers' time: memoria patrum nostrorum
    • son of such and such a father, mother: patre, (e) matre natus
    • my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
    • to be disinherited: exheredari a patre
    • (ambiguous) to consult the senators on a matter: patres (senatum) consulere de aliqua re (Sall. Iug. 28)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pater.

Noun

pater m

  1. father (term of address for a Christian priest)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English pater (Christian priests are often referred to as 'Father'), from Latin pater.

Noun

pater

  1. priest