paternus: all forms
paternus means “father's, paternal; ancestral”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Positive
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paternus | paterna | paternum | |
| Genitive | paterni | paternae | paterni | |
| Dative | paterno | paternae | paterno | |
| Accusative | paternum | paternam | paternum | |
| Ablative | paterno | paterna | paterno | |
| Vocative | paterne | paterna | paternum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paterni | paternae | paterna | |
| Genitive | paternorum | paternarum | paternorum | |
| Dative | paternis | |||
| Accusative | paternos | paternas | paterna | |
| Ablative | paternis | |||
| Vocative | paterni | paternae | paterna |
Meaning and examples of paternus
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.