filiaster

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Latin

Etymology

From fīli(us) (“son”) +‎ -aster. Found in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

fīliaster m (genitive fīliastrī, feminine fīliastra); second declension

  1. stepson
  2. son-in-law
  3. nephew, sister's son

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative fīliaster fīliastrī
genitive fīliastrī fīliastrōrum
dative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
accusative fīliastrum fīliastrōs
ablative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
vocative fīliaster fīliastrī

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See also

References

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