LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

nostrās

nostrās (genitive nostrātis)
Classical[nɔsˈtraːs]Ecclesiastical[nosˈtras]

Meaning

  1. one terminationof us, of our country, our native

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenostrāsnostrāsnostrās
genitivenostrātisnostrātisnostrātis
dativenostrātīnostrātīnostrātī
accusativenostrātemnostrātemnostrās
ablativenostrātī
nostrāte		nostrātī
nostrāte		nostrātī
nostrāte
vocativenostrāsnostrāsnostrās
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenostrātēsnostrātēsnostrātia
genitivenostrātiumnostrātiumnostrātium
dativenostrātibusnostrātibusnostrātibus
accusativenostrātīs
nostrātēs		nostrātīs
nostrātēs		nostrātia
ablativenostrātibusnostrātibusnostrātibus
vocativenostrātēsnostrātēsnostrātia

nostras, ātis (old form of the
I. nom. sing. nostratis, Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 943 P.), adj. noster, of our country, native: arma nostratia, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 943 P.: verba nostratia, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 1: mirifice capior facetiis, maxime nostratibus, id. ib. 9, 15, 2: nostrates philosophi, id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90: tertium genus nostrates vocant silvestre, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70: nostras cunila, Col. 9, 4, 6: nostrates gallinae, id. 8, 2, 13; Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*nosteros
  2. Latinnostrās

Latin -ās Latin nostrās From noster + -ās (gentilic suffix).

Descendants
  • GermanNostratisch
  • EnglishNostraticfrom German Nostratisch

Quick answers

What does nostrās mean in Latin?
nostrās, a adjective, means “of us, of our country, our native”.
How do you pronounce nostrās?
In classical Latin, [nɔsˈtraːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [nosˈtras].
Where does nostrās come from?
Proto-Italic *nosteros → Latin nostrās.