The Latin word for father is
pater
Translations for father and their definitions
| pater | |
| 1. n. father (male parent) | |
| 2. n. head of household | |
| 3. n. parent | |
| 4. n. forefather | |
| 5. n. priest | |
| 6. n. honorific title |
| genitor | |
| 1. n. parent, father, sire |
| parens | |
| 1. n. parent | |
| 2. n. founder, father | |
| *Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina, Book VIII, Chapter XXXVII.66 Quæ si esset in analogia, negant ullum casum duobus modis debuisse dici; quod fit contra...Nam sine reprehensione vu | |
| 3. adj. obedient | |
| 4. adj. subject to |
| atta | |
| 1. n. father (term of respect for an old man) |
| pater | |
| 1. n. father (male parent) | |
| 2. n. head of household | |
| 3. n. parent | |
| 4. n. forefather | |
| 5. n. priest | |
| 6. n. honorific title |
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