maternus
Latin
Etymology
From māter (“mother”) + -rnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈter.nus/, [maːˈtɛr.nʊs]
Adjective
māternus (feminine māterna, neuter māternum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to a mother, maternal.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | māternus | māterna | māternum | māternī | māternae | māterna | |
| Genitive | māternī | māternae | māternī | māternōrum | māternārum | māternōrum | |
| Dative | māternō | māternō | māternīs | ||||
| Accusative | māternum | māternam | māternum | māternōs | māternās | māterna | |
| Ablative | māternō | māternā | māternō | māternīs | |||
| Vocative | māterne | māterna | māternum | māternī | māternae | māterna | |
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to a mother): māternālis, mātrālis
Derived terms
- māternālis
- māternē
- māternitās
Related terms
- māter
- mātercula
- māterfamiliās
- mātertera
- mātrālis
- mātrēscō
- mātrīcālis
- mātricīda
- mātricīdium
- mātrīcula
- mātrīculārius
- mātrimōniālis
- mātrimōnium
- mātrimus
- mātrīx
- mātrōna
- mātrōnālis
- mātrōnātus
- mātruēlis
Descendants
- Catalan: matern
- French: maternel
- Italian: materno
- Romanian: matern
- Portuguese: materno
- Spanish: materno
References
- maternus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maternus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette