agnatus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adgnātus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈnaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aɲˈɲaː.tus] === Etymology 1 === From ad- + gnātus. ==== Noun ==== agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension a relative connected through the male line; an agnate Coordinate terms: cognātus, ēnātus, gentīlis, hērēs ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== agnātus proximus ===== Related terms ===== agnāscor ===== Descendants ===== English: agnate French: agnat Italian: agnato Portuguese: agnato Spanish: agnado === Etymology 2 === Perfect active participle of agnāscor. ==== Participle ==== agnātus (feminine agnāta, neuter agnātum); first/second-declension participle afterborn developed; grown later ===== Inflection ===== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Noun ==== agnātus m (genitive agnātī); second declension (law) an afterborn son, born after his father had made a will ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === References === “agnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Institutes of Gaius, AD 161, defines in detail the civil law meaning of agatus of ancient Rome. A translation by M. H. Crawford is in Roman Statutes, 1996.