patraster

Latin

Etymology

pater (“father”) +‎ -aster

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈtras.ter/, [päˈt̪räs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈtras.ter/, [päˈt̪räst̪er]

Noun

patraster m (genitive patrastrī); second declension

1. father-in-law
2. step-father

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patraster	patrastrī
Genitive	patrastrī	patrastrōrum
Dative	patrastrō	patrastrīs
Accusative	patrastrum	patrastrōs
Ablative	patrastrō	patrastrīs
Vocative	patraster	patrastrī

Synonyms

• (father-in-law): socer

Related terms

• pater
• paterfamiliās
• paternitās
• paternus
• paternālis
• paternē
• patria
• patricius
• patricus
• patricē
• patricīda
• patrimōniolum
• patrimōnium
• patrimōniālis
• patrium
• patrius
• patriē
• patruus
• patruēlis
• patrīmus
• patrītus
• patrōcinium
• patrōcinor
• patrōcinālis
• patrōcinātus
• patrōna
• patrōnus
• patrōnālis
• patrōnātus

 

Descendants

• Asturian: padrastru
• Catalan: padrastre
• French: parâtre

• Galician: padrasto
• Portuguese: padrasto
• Spanish: padrastro

References

• “patraster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patraster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.