paternitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -tās, from pater (“father”).
Noun
[edit]paternitās f (genitive paternitātis); third declension
- (Late Latin) fatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity
- (Late Latin) parental descent from the father's side
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
| genitive | paternitātis | paternitātum |
| dative | paternitātī | paternitātibus |
| accusative | paternitātem | paternitātēs |
| ablative | paternitāte | paternitātibus |
| vocative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: paternitat
- English: paternity
- French: paternité
- Italian: paternità
- Portuguese: paternidade
- Romanian: paternitate
- Spanish: paternidad
References
[edit]- “paternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paternitas 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)
- paternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.