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Frater
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Fra′ter
,Noun.
[L., a brother.]
(Eccl.)
A monk; also, a frater house.
[R.]
Shipley.
Frater house
, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; – called also a
fratery
.Definition 2025
Frater
Frater
See also: frater
German
Noun
Frater m (genitive Fraters, plural Fratres or Frater)
Declension
Declension of Frater
Synonyms
- Laienmönch
frater
frater
See also: Frater
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ) and Old English brōþor (English brother).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfraː.ter/
Noun
frāter m (genitive frātris); third declension
- brother
- friend, lover
- sibling
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) brother, brethren; member of a religious community
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frāter | frātrēs |
| genitive | frātris | frātrum |
| dative | frātrī | frātribus |
| accusative | frātrem | frātrēs |
| ablative | frātre | frātribus |
| vocative | frāter | frātrēs |
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
- frater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frater”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
- remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)