pauper

English

Etymology

From Latin pauper (“poor”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːpə(r)

Noun

pauper (plural paupers)

1. One who is extremely poor.
2. One living on or eligible for public charity.

Translations

One who is extremely poor

French: pauvre (fr) m. and f. German: Bettelknabe (de) m.

Russian: нищий (ru)

One living on or eligible for public charity

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Estonian: kerjus Italian: povero (it) Dutch: pauper (nl)

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Latin

Adjective

pauper m., f., n., (genitive pauperis); third declension

1. poor

Inflection

Third declension, variation of one ending (3:1E), parasyllabic i-stem variant.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	pauper	pauper		pauperēs	paupera
genitive	pauperis	pauperis		pauperum	pauperum
dative	pauperī	pauperī		pauperibus	pauperibus
accusative	pauperem	pauper		pauperēs	paupera
ablative	paupere	paupere		pauperibus	pauperibus
vocative	pauper	pauper		pauperēs	paupera

Descendants

English: pauper, poor French: pauvre Italian: povero

Portuguese: pobre Romanian: pauper Spanish: pobre

References

• pauper in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879