antenatus

Latin

Etymology

From ante- +‎ nātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈnaː.tus/, [än̪t̪ɛˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈna.tus/, [än̪t̪eˈnäːt̪us]

Noun

antenātus m (genitive antenātī); second declension

1. (Iberia, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) stepson, stepchild
2. (Medieval Latin) firstborn son, predecessor, ancestor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antenātus	antenātī
Genitive	antenātī	antenātōrum
Dative	antenātō	antenātīs
Accusative	antenātum	antenātōs
Ablative	antenātō	antenātīs
Vocative	antenāte	antenātī

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: antenatu
  • Italian: antenato
    • → Maltese: antenat
  • Sicilian: antinatu
• West Iberian:
  • Aragonese: entenau, entenato
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: andáu
    • Leonese: andáu
    • Mirandese: antenado
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: entẽado
    • Galician: enteado
    • Portuguese: enteado
  • Old Spanish: adnado
    • Spanish: alnado, andado (archaic)
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: antenat
  • → Polish: antenat
  • →? Old Spanish: antenado, entenado (possibly a collateral inherited form)
    • Spanish: entenado (archaic antenado)

References

• antenatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)