What is Latin for father?

Answer 1

The virtuosity of marriageIt truly depends on the context in which the word husband is used in, and also, which of the three forms of Latin you choose to use as well. Some Latin words which can be used for husband are vir, viri, and virti. Each word has differing connotations, such as man, manliness or manhood, and husband, respectfully. These three words often signify the transition of a man from bachelor to married, but tend to be interchangeable in some circles.

Vir should be pronounced the same as the word "we're" in English, as the "v" sounds like a "w" in Latin, and the "r" sounds would be the same as can be found in Spanish, with a "rolling rrrrr" sound. If you say the word "we're" with a rolling "r", you have just said the word properly, and, if you are proficient in Spanish or Italian, for example, wherein this form of linguistics is prevalent, this task is just that much more easy for you.

Virti can also mean a knowledge of love, especially that which is depicted in Ovid's The Art Of Love. Women were, and still are in the contemporary era, considered the subject of objets d'art (French for objects of art), as well as an inspiration of it. During antiquity, such objects of significance would denote vitality and responsibility, the latter of which guided by an Apollonian maxim of moderation popular in Roman culture. Later on in succeeding history, this style is emulated in Romanesque form.

To marry a woman also meant taking responsibility for the affairs of her life, to bear offspring whom would inherit whatever wealth the family had amassed, and to care for her, especially when she could no longer do so herself. This act, and all other acts surrounding this decision, was considered both courageous and valorous, quite likened what would be seen in battle, and this is often referenced to by Ovid in his works, as well as other well-known literature which survives from this culture. [1] [2] [3] [5]

There is an issue with a division between women being property, as if still having a tenuous hold to the status quo of objets d'art (hence the phrase status symbol), and women being in equal measure to that of men. This struggle has been visited frequently in many eras of human history. A prime example of this can be witnessed by a comparison of the Old Testament with the New Testament, differing versions of Genesis,[5][6] within America's Constitution and Bill of Rights, and even within Ovid's works through a recommendation to women to subjugate themselves to men, however, in true Apollonian fashion, Ovid balances this by encouraging men to treat women as the artifacts they were thought to be.[2] The common phrase "all men", can quite easily be interpreted to mean males, rather than the species of Homo sapiens, as is often depicted through capitalization of the word "Men", and seen in the founding documents of the United States.[7] [8] Currently, there is also an issue within the contemporary period with women forced into subjugation around the area known as the "Fertile Crescent", as well as several other countries world-wide.[9]

You can also say coniunx or maritus to say husband in Latin.

Sources:

[1]The American Heritage Dictionary

[2]The Art of Love by Ovid

[3]William Whitaker's DOS program WORDS

[4]The Creative Impulse, 7th Edition by Dennis J. Sporre

[5]Latin Vulgate Bible

[6]The King James Bible

[7]The U.S. Constitution for Everyone by Jerome Agel and Mort Gerberg

[8]The Bill of Rights

[9] Qu'ran

Added: 'Maritus' is far and away the most frequently used word for 'husband' in Latin

There is no Latin word virti, and viri is just the plural of vir.

Answer 2

Latin is a case language and nouns decline (change endings) dependent upon syntax. For example, a Nominative case describes the subject of a sentence; an Accusative case is used when the noun is the object of a sentence. Cases have largely disappeared from English but we all still use a distinct genitive case to denote possession, which is the apostrophe S or 'S.

So,

"Father loves mother" = subject verb object = in Latin,

"Pater matrem amat" = subject object verb.

"Mother loves father" = subject verb object = in Latin,

"Mater patrum amat" = subject object verb.

(In Latin, with the exception of the verb "to be" all verbs are positioned at the end of a sentence.) So you can see, from the examples, that the word for mother and the word for father will have different endings, depending on their function within a sentence. When you look up a word in an English-Latin dictionary; for example, the word "father " it will give the nominative case and the genitive case of the noun, so

father = pater, patri (masculine) = "father, father's" or

mother = mater, matrae (feminine) = "mother, mother's."

The reason the genetive is given alongside the nominative is that the genetive reveals which model of declention to use; either masculine, feminine or neuter. So the answer to your question is, the Latin for father is pater and the Latin for mother is mater but you may see them used in different cases with different endings.

Answer 3

Mother and father in latin

Answer 4

Vir; homo.

Answer 5

Pater.

Answer 6

Wife = Uxor