LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

paternitās

paternitās f (genitive paternitātis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity
  2. Late Latinparental descent from the father's side

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepaternitāspaternitātēs
genitivepaternitātispaternitātum
dativepaternitātīpaternitātibus
accusativepaternitātempaternitātēs
ablativepaternitātepaternitātibus
vocativepaternitāspaternitātēs

păternĭtas, ātis, f. paternus,
I. fatherly feeling or care (late Lat.), Aug. Ep. 232.—
2. Collect., descendants of one father: ex quo omnis paternitas in caelis, Vulg. Eph. 3, 15.

Origins

From paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -tās, from pater (“father”).

Descendants
  • Catalanpaternitat
  • Englishpaternity
  • Frenchpaternité
  • Italianpaternità
  • Portuguesepaternidade
  • Romanianpaternitate
  • Spanishpaternidad

In English words that came into English from paternitās

  • paternitypaternitās

Quick answers

What does paternitās mean in Latin?
paternitās, a noun, means “fatherly feeling or care; fatherhood, paternity; parental descent from the father's side”.
What is the genitive of paternitās?
The genitive singular is paternitātis. paternitās is feminine, third declension.