LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

frātria1

frātria f (genitive frātriae)
Classical[ˈfraː.tri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈfraː.tri.a]

Meaning

  1. sister-in-law (brother's wife)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefrātriafrātriae
genitivefrātriaefrātriārum
dativefrātriaefrātriīs
accusativefrātriamfrātriās
ablativefrātriāfrātriīs
vocativefrātriafrātriae

frātria, uxor fratris (
I. sister-inlaw), Paul. ex Fest. p. 90 Müll.; cf.: fratriae appellantur fratrum inter se uxores, Non. 557, 9; and: fratria, εἰνάτηρ, Gloss. Philox; also called † fratrissa, acc. to Isid. Orig. 9, 7, 17.

Origins

From frāter (“brother”) + -ia.

noun · femininefirst declension
frātria2
frātria f (genitive frātriae)
Classical[ˈfraː.tri.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈfraː.tri.a]

Meaning

  1. phratry, subdivision of a phyle

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefrātriafrātriae
genitivefrātriaefrātriārum
dativefrātriaefrātriīs
accusativefrātriamfrātriās
ablativefrātriāfrātriīs
vocativefrātriafrātriae

fratria est Graecum vocabulum partis hominum, ut Neapoli etiam nunc, Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll. (= φρατρία,
I. a division of the people, answering to the Lat. curia, the third part of a φυλή).

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ (phrātrĭ́ā).

Quick answers

What does frātria mean in Latin?
frātria, a noun, means “sister-in-law (brother's wife)”.
What is the genitive of frātria?
The genitive singular is frātriae. frātria is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce frātria?
In classical Latin, [ˈfraː.tri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfraː.tri.a].