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agnatus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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ad- +‎ gnātus

Noun

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agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. A relative connected through the male line; an agnate.
    Coordinate terms: cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative agnātus agnātī
genitive agnātī agnātōrum
dative agnātō agnātīs
accusative agnātum agnātōs
ablative agnātō agnātīs
vocative agnāte agnātī
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: agnate
  • French: agnat
  • Italian: agnato
  • Portuguese: agnato
  • Spanish: agnado

Etymology 2

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Perfect active participle of agnāscor.

Participle

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

  1. afterborn
  2. developed; grown later
Inflection
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First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

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agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. (law) an afterborn son, born after his father had made a will
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

References

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  • 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.