compater
Latin
Etymology
From com- (“joint”) + pater (“father”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pa.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pa.t̪er]
Noun
compater m (genitive compatris); third declension
- (Late Latin) godfather (in relation to godchild or fellow godparent or parent)
- (informal) a male companion, buddy
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compater | compatrēs |
| genitive | compatris | compatrum |
| dative | compatrī | compatribus |
| accusative | compatrem | compatrēs |
| ablative | compatre | compatribus |
| vocative | compater | compatrēs |
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Catalan: compare
- → Old English: cumpæder
- Old French: comper, conper
- Italian: compare
- Neapolitan: cumpà
- Old Galician-Portuguese: compadre, conpadre
- Old Spanish: cuémpadre
- Spanish: compadre (see there for further descendants)
- Sicilian: cumpari
- → Proto-Slavic: *kъmotrъ
- Venetan: conpare
- → Greek: κουμπάρος (koumpáros)
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “compater”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- compater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- compater in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Keith Sidwell (1995), Reading Medieval Latin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)