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paternum

paternum is a Latin form of paternus, meaning “father's, paternal; ancestral”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 57 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.25: … pido peditesque CCCC mittuntur a Varo, quos auxilii causa rex Iuba paucis diebus ante Uticam miserat. Huic et paternum hospitium eum Pompeio et simultas eum Curione intercedebat, quod tribunus plebis legem promulgaverat, qua leg …

Terence, Phormio 1.2.128: Paternum amicum me assimulabo virginis:

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 10.pr.13: … uos ut uobis uidebitur conponite: ego uobis omnium feci potestatem. hos minus nobiles sinite in partem abire, PATERNVM et MODERATVM, FABIVM et si quis est nec clari nominis nec ignoti. Cum uobis ad satietatem uestram me praestit …

All forms of paternus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.