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maternus

maternus

Latin

Adjective

māternus m ‎(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.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	māternus	māterna	māternum		māternī	māternae	māterna
genitive	māternī	māternae	māternī		māternōrum	māternārum	māternōrum
dative	māternō	māternae	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

Related terms

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maternus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.