determinerfirst/second-declension determiner (nominative masculine singular in -er), with locative
noster
noster (feminine nostra, neuter nostrum)
Classical[ˈnɔs.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɔs.ter]
№ 52 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- determinerpossessivewith locativeour, ours
[...] cōnūbia nostra / reppulit, ac dominum Aenēān in rēgna recēpit.
“[The woman …] has rejected our marriage-offer, and accepted Aeneas as lord in her realm.” (King Iarbas, whom Queen Dido has rejected, refers to himself using the “royal we.”)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.213–214
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
our, ours
noster — in Seneca, ch. I
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er noster | nostra | nostrum |
| genitive | nostrī | nostrae | nostrī |
| dative | nostrō | nostrae | nostrō |
| accusative | nostrum | nostram | nostrum |
| ablative | nostrō | nostrā | nostrō |
| vocative | noster | nostra | nostrum |
| locative | nostrī | nostrae | nostrī |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nostrī | nostrae | nostra |
| genitive | nostrōrum | nostrārum | nostrōrum |
| dative | nostrīs | nostrīs | nostrīs |
| accusative | nostrōs | nostrās | nostra |
| ablative | nostrīs | nostrīs | nostrīs |
| vocative | nostrī | nostrae | nostra |
| locative | nostrīs | nostrīs | nostrīs |
noster, stra, strum (
I. gen. sing. f. nostrāï, Vel. Long. p. 2222 P.; gen. plur. nostrum, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 25; v. infra.), pron. poss. [nos], our, our own; ours, of us.
I. In gen.
A. For the poss. gen. of the first person:
nostra omnis lis est, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75: averti praedam ab hostibus, nostrum salute socium, id. Men. 1, 2, 25; cf. Prisc. p. 743 P.: nostris consiliis et laboribus, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: Rhodanus, qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: patrum nostrorum memoriā, id. ib. 1, 12: exemplo majorum nostrorum, Liv. 24, 8, 17.—Strengthened by the suff. -pte: nostrāpte culpā facimus ut, etc., Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 1.—Strengthened by an appositive gen.: qui de nostro omnium interitu cogitant, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: in nostro omnium fletu nullam lacrimam aspexisti Milonis, id. Mil. 34, 92: cui credas nostram omnium vitam, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 32: nostra omnium delicta, Greg. M. Lit. Sacram. N. 820.—B. Rarely for the object-gen.:
ne aspernere amorique nostro plusculum etiam quam concedet veritas, largiare, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3.—II. In partic.
A. Of or belonging to us, one of ours, one of us, our friend, ours:
certe tu me alienabis numquam quin noster siem, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243; cf. id. Mil. 2, 5, 20: noster est, he belongs to us, is of our house, id. ib. 2, 3, 79; id. As. 1, 1, 43; 2, 2, 86; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3: Ciceronem nostrum quid tibi commendem? id. ib.: impedimentis castrisque nostri potiti sunt, i. e. our men, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: o noster misericors quid facis? Cic. Pis. 8, 17: ut ait poëta ille noster, id. Rab. Post. 10, 28; id. Sen. 7, 24; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 103; Col. 1, 3, 26; 2, 8, 1; cf.: hic noster, quem principem ponimus, i. e. he of whom we are speaking, Cic. Or. 28, 99: divi, quorum est potestas nostrorum hostiumque, Liv. 8, 9: quisquis es, Noster eris, a formula made use of on receiving a deserter into the army, Liv. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 148: noster esto, an expression of assent and applause, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 25; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 39: minume istuc faciet noster Daemones, our good friend Dæmones, i. e. I, id. Rud. 4, 7, 19; so, novi ego nostros, id. Ep. 1, 2, 45; id. Stich. 1, 2, 26: per totum hoc tempus subjectior in diem et horam Invidiae noster, Hor. S. 2, 6, 48; v. Orell. ad h. l.—B. In addressing a person, dear, good:
o Syre noster, salve, quid fit? quid agitur? etc., Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 2.—C. Convenient for us, favorable to us:
nostra loca, Liv. 9, 19: hora nostra est, Sil. 12, 193.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
noster stra, strum, pron possess.
nos, our, our own, ours, of us : nostri mores: provincia, i. e. of Rome , Cs.: exemplo maiorum nostrorum, L.: Nostrāpte culpā facimus, T.: qui de nostro omnium interitu cogitant: quoi credas Nostram omnium vitam? T.: amor noster (i. e. nostrum): conubia, with me , V.—Plur n . as subst: Debemur morti nos nostraque, we and all we have , H.— Of us, one of ours, one of us, our friend, ours : Ciceronem nostrum quid tibi commendem?: impedimentis castrisque nostri potiti sunt, i. e. our men , Cs.: ut ait poëta ille noster: hic noster, quem principem ponimus, i. e. he of whom we are speaking : divi, quorum est potestas nostrorum hostiumque, L.: subiectior in diem et horam Invidiae noster, this friend , i. e. myself , H.—In address, dear, good, my friend : o Syre noster, salve, quid fit? T.— Convenient, favorable : nostra loca, L.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Descendants
- Catalannostre
- Catalannostres
- Italiannostro
- Italiannostra
- Italiannostri
- Italiannostre
- Occitannòstre
- Occitannòstra
- Occitannòstres
- Occitannòstras