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pater: all forms

pater means “father”. Below is its full declension in Latin.

Forms

Forms, singular
Masculine
Nominativepater
Genitivepatris
Dativepatri
Accusativepatrem
Ablativepatre
Vocativepater
Locativepatre
Forms, plural
Masculine
Nominativepatres
Genitivepatrum · patrium
Dativepatribus
Accusativepatres
Ablativepatribus
Vocativepatres
Locativepatribus

Meaning and examples of pater

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.