agnatus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

ad- +‎ gnātus

Noun

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. A relative connected through the male line; an agnate.
    Coordinate terms: cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative agnātus agnātī
genitive agnātī agnātōrum
dative agnātō agnātīs
accusative agnātum agnātōs
ablative agnātō agnātīs
vocative agnāte agnātī
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: agnate
  • French: agnat
  • Italian: agnato
  • Portuguese: agnato
  • Spanish: agnado

Etymology 2

Perfect active participle of agnāscor.

Participle

agnātus (feminine agnāta, neuter agnātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. afterborn
  2. developed; grown later
Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative agnātus agnāta agnātum agnātī agnātae agnāta
genitive agnātī agnātae agnātī agnātōrum agnātārum agnātōrum
dative agnātō agnātae agnātō agnātīs
accusative agnātum agnātam agnātum agnātōs agnātās agnāta
ablative agnātō agnātā agnātō agnātīs
vocative agnāte agnāta agnātum agnātī agnātae agnāta

Noun

agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension

  1. (law) an afterborn son, born after his father had made a will
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative agnātus agnātī
genitive agnātī agnātōrum
dative agnātō agnātīs
accusative agnātum agnātōs
ablative agnātō agnātīs
vocative agnāte agnātī

References

  • “agnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • 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.
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