postumus

Latin

Alternative forms

• posthumus

Etymology

Superlative of posterus (“next, following”).

Adjective

postumus m (feminine postuma, neuter postumum); first/second declension

1. last, especially of children born following death of the father.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	postumus	postuma	postumum		postumī	postumae	postuma
genitive	postumī	postumae	postumī		postumōrum	postumārum	postumōrum
dative	postumō	postumae	postumō		postumīs	postumīs	postumīs
accusative	postumum	postumam	postumum		postumōs	postumās	postuma
ablative	postumō	postumā	postumō		postumīs	postumīs	postumīs
vocative	postume	postuma	postumum		postumī	postumae	postuma

Derived terms

• postumum

Related terms

• posterus
• postrēmō
• postrēmus

Descendants

• English: posthumous

Noun

postumus (genitive postumī); m, second declension

1. a posthumous child

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	postumum	postuma
genitive	postumī	postumōrum
dative	postumō	postumīs
accusative	postumum	postuma
ablative	postumō	postumīs
vocative	postumum	postuma