patruus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tr̥wyos (“paternal uncle”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fadurwijô (“paternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tru.us/, [ˈpät̪ruʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tru.us/, [ˈpäːt̪ruːs]

Noun

patruus m (genitive patruī); second declension

1. paternal uncle; a father's brother
2. a severe reprover

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patruus	patruī
Genitive	patruī	patruōrum
Dative	patruō	patruīs
Accusative	patruum	patruōs
Ablative	patruō	patruīs
Vocative	patrue	patruī

Synonyms

• (paternal uncle): barbās (Mediaeval)

Related terms

• pater
• patruēlis

See also

• amita
• avunculus
• matertera

Adjective

patruus (feminine patrua, neuter patruum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a paternal uncle (a father's brother)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	patruus	patrua	patruum		patruī	patruae	patrua
Genitive	patruī	patruae	patruī		patruōrum	patruārum	patruōrum
Dative	patruō		patruō		patruīs
Accusative	patruum	patruam	patruum		patruōs	patruās	patrua
Ablative	patruō	patruā	patruō		patruīs
Vocative	patrue	patrua	patruum		patruī	patruae	patrua

References

• “pātrŭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pătrŭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patruus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patruus 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)