English → Latin
“father” in Latin
paterfather (male parent); head of household; parentparēnsparent, mother, father; founder, ancestormagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lopatrissōtake after one's fatherascrībōto state in writing, to add in writing; to insert; to appoint, to enroll, to enfranchise, to reckon, to number
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
father s.
pater (the the proper word; also as title bestowed on elder persons by their juniors): parens (☞ genitor, generator are poetical): father and mother, parentes (poetically, patres): the fathers, patres (the members of the Senate): our fathers, patres; majores (ancestors): the father of his country, pater patriae: to take after his father, patrissare (comedy): as a father, (e.g., to love anybody), ut alterum patrem, in parentis loco: to be the father of one’s country, subjects, etc., consulere ut parentem populo: the kindness of a father, *benignitas paterna: the heart of a father, animus patrius: a father’s joy, gaudium paternum (general term); *gaudium ex aucta stirpe or ex nato filio perceptum (from the birth of a child): *gaudium, quod ex liberis bene moratis percipitur (caused by the good conduct of one’s children): the name of one’s father, nomen patris; nomen paternum: father’s brother, patruus: father’s sister, amita: to be a father to anybody, loco or instar patris alicui esse; aliquem in liberorum numero habere (with reference to a child): the love of a father, amor paternus or patrius; caritas patria: to love anybody with the love of a father, patria caritate aliquem diligere. Like a father, patris instar; ut pater; ut parens; patria caritate (with fatherly affection).
father v.
Adopt, Vid:
To ascribe anything (especially a book, poem, etc.) to anybody, addicere aliquid nomini alicujus (Gell., 3, 3, of plays fathered upon Plaut.); or ascribere or assignare aliquid alicui.
To claim to be the author of a book, poem, etc., dicere aliquid suum esse: *simulare se aliquid scripsisse: sibi ascribere aliquid (Donat., Vit. Virgilii).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for father?
- The usual Latin words for “father” are pater, parēns, magnus; also patrissō, ascrībō. 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.