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“brother” in Latin
frāterbrother; male friend, lover; siblinglēvirone's husband's brotherfrātriasister-in-law (brother's wife)collactāneusmilk brother; foster brother
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brother
frater (also affectionately toward a brother-in-law, a confederate, etc.): full brother, i. e., of the same father and mother, or, at least, of the same father, frater germanus: of the same mother, frater uterinus, frater una matre natus. Brother-in-law (husband’s brother), levir, mariti frater: (wife’s brother) uxoris frater: (sister’s husband) maritus sororis. Brother’s wife, fratria, uxor fratris. Foster-brother, quem eadem nutrix aluit, collactaneus. Children of brothers, fratres (sorores) patrueles. Brother and sister, fratres. Twin brothers, (fratres) gemini. A little brother, fraterculus. A war between brothers, bellum fraternum. A brother-killer, fratricida (which is included in parricida).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brother?
- The usual Latin words for “brother” are frāter, lēvir, frātria; also collactāneus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.