paternitas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -tās, from pater (“father”).
Noun[edit]
paternitās f (genitive paternitātis); third declension
- (Late Latin) fatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity
- (Late Latin) parental descent from the father's side
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
| Genitive | paternitātis | paternitātum |
| Dative | paternitātī | paternitātibus |
| Accusative | paternitātem | paternitātēs |
| Ablative | paternitāte | paternitātibus |
| Vocative | paternitās | paternitātēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: paternitat
- English: paternity
- French: paternité
- Italian: paternità
- Portuguese: paternidade
- Romanian: paternitate
- Spanish: paternidad
References[edit]
- “paternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paternitas 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)
- paternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.