patruus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tr̥wyos (“paternal uncle”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fadurwijô (“paternal uncle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tru.us/, [ˈpät̪ruʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tru.us/, [ˈpäːt̪ruːs]
Noun
patruus m (genitive patruī); second declension
- paternal uncle; a father's brother
- a severe reprover
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | patruus | patruī |
| Genitive | patruī | patruōrum |
| Dative | patruō | patruīs |
| Accusative | patruum | patruōs |
| Ablative | patruō | patruīs |
| Vocative | patrue | patruī |
Synonyms
- (paternal uncle): barbās (Mediaeval)
Adjective
patruus (feminine patrua, neuter patruum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a paternal uncle (a father's brother)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | patruus | patrua | patruum | patruī | patruae | patrua | |
| Genitive | patruī | patruae | patruī | patruōrum | patruārum | patruōrum | |
| Dative | patruō | patruō | patruīs | ||||
| Accusative | patruum | patruam | patruum | patruōs | patruās | patrua | |
| Ablative | patruō | patruā | patruō | patruīs | |||
| Vocative | patrue | patrua | patruum | patruī | patruae | patrua | |
References
- “pātrŭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pătrŭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “patruus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patruus 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)
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