Latin Word of the Day
pater
PA-ter • noun (masculine, 3rd declension) — 8th of Jul, 2026
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Meaning: father
Examples
- Pater filium amat.
(The father loves his son.) - Pater nobiscum ambulat.
(The father walks with us.) - Pater, veni ad nos.
(Father, come to us.)
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Used for a male parent or head of a household. Common in family contexts and formal phrases (e.g., paterfamilias, pater noster). The genitive is patris and the plural is patres; the vocative is the same as the nominative (pater).
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