agnatus

agnatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adgnātus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnaː.tus/, [äŋˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲa.tus/, [äɲˈɲäːt̪us]

Etymology 1

ad- +‎ gnātus

Noun

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

1. A relative connected through the male line; an agnate.

   Coordinate terms: cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnātus	agnātī
Genitive	agnātī	agnātōrum
Dative	agnātō	agnātīs
Accusative	agnātum	agnātōs
Ablative	agnātō	agnātīs
Vocative	agnāte	agnātī

Derived terms

• agnascor
• agnātus proximus

Descendants

• English: agnate
• French: agnat
• Italian: agnato
• Portuguese: agnato
• Spanish: agnado

Etymology 2

Perfect active participle of agnāscor.

Participle

agnātus (feminine agnāta, neuter agnātum); first/second-declension participle

1. afterborn
2. developed; grown later

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	agnātus	agnāta	agnātum		agnātī	agnātae	agnāta
Genitive	agnātī	agnātae	agnātī		agnātōrum	agnātārum	agnātōrum
Dative	agnātō		agnātō		agnātīs
Accusative	agnātum	agnātam	agnātum		agnātōs	agnātās	agnāta
Ablative	agnātō	agnātā	agnātō		agnātīs
Vocative	agnāte	agnāta	agnātum		agnātī	agnātae	agnāta

Noun

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

1. (law) an afterborn son, born after his father had made a will

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnātus	agnātī
Genitive	agnātī	agnātōrum
Dative	agnātō	agnātīs
Accusative	agnātum	agnātōs
Ablative	agnātō	agnātīs
Vocative	agnāte	agnātī

References

• “agnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Institutes of Gaius, AD 161, defines in detail the civil law meaning of agatus of ancient Rome. A translation by M. H. Crawford is in Roman Statutes, 1996.