agnatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adgnātus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnaː.tus/, [äŋˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲa.tus/, [ɑɲˈɲɑːt̪us]

Etymology

• ad- + gnātus

Noun

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

1. A relative connected through the male line; an agnate
2. (law) An afterborn son, born after his father had made a will

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnātus	agnātī
Genitive	agnātī	agnātōrum
Dative	agnātō	agnātīs
Accusative	agnātum	agnātōs
Ablative	agnātō	agnātīs
Vocative	agnāte	agnātī

Coordinate terms

• cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs

Derived terms

• agnascor
• agnatus proximus

Descendants

• English: agnate
• French: agnat
• Italian: agnato
• Portuguese: agnato
• Spanish: agnado

References

• agnatus in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• Institutes of Gaius, AD 161, defines in detail the civil law meaning of agatus of ancient Rome. A translation by M. H. Crawford is in Roman Statutes, 1996.