vitricus

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)u̯i-tero- (second, other), but the long /iː/ is problematic.[1]

Noun

vītricus m (genitive vītricī); second declension

  1. stepfather

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vītricus vītricī
Genitive vītricī vītricōrum
Dative vītricō vītricīs
Accusative vītricum vītricōs
Ablative vītricō vītricīs
Vocative vītrice vītricī

Descendants

  • Albanian: vitërk
  • Calabrese: vítrica
  • Romanian: vitreg
  • Sardinian: bìdrigu, bìdriu, vìdrigu

References

  • vitricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vitricus 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)
  • vitricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 684