determinerfirst/second-declension determiner (nominative masculine singular in -er), with locative
vester
vester (feminine vestra, neuter vestrum)
Classical[ˈwɛs.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛs.ter]
№ 282 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- determinerpossessivewith locativeyour, yours, of you (plural)
“Urbem quam statuō vestra est; subdūcite nāvīs.” “The city which I am building is yours; draw [your] ships ashore.” – Queen Dido
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.573
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er vester | vestra vostra | vestrum vostrum |
| genitive | vestrī vostrī | vestrae vostrae | vestrī vostrī |
| dative | vestrō vostrō | vestrae vostrae | vestrō vostrō |
| accusative | vestrum vostrum | vestram vostram | vestrum vostrum |
| ablative | vestrō vostrō | vestrā vostrā | vestrō vostrō |
| vocative | vester | vestra vostra | vestrum vostrum |
| locative | vestrī vostrī | vestrae vostrae | vestrī vostrī |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vestrī vostrī | vestrae vostrae | vestra vostra |
| genitive | vestrōrum vostrōrum | vestrārum vostrārum | vestrōrum vostrōrum |
| dative | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs |
| accusative | vestrōs vostrōs | vestrās vostrās | vestra vostra |
| ablative | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs |
| vocative | vestrī vostrī | vestrae vostrae | vestra vostra |
| locative | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs | vestrīs vostrīs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
- picture to yourselves the circumstances.
vester (vost-), tra, trum,
I. pron. poss. [vos], your:
voster senex, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 60 (dub.; al. noster): animi vostri, id. Am. prol. 58: num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17: vestra quae dicitur vita mors est, id. ib. 6, 14, 14: vestrum est dare, vincere nostrum, Ov. F. 4, 889: patres, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11.—For obj. gen. of vos: nec esse in vos odio vestro consultum ab Romanis credatis, from hatred towards you, Liv. 30, 44, 7. —Subst.: ibi voster cenat, your master, Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 15: quid ego vos de vestro impendatis hortor? Liv. 6, 15, 10: vostrorum, vostrarum, full form of gen. plur., from which vostrum (vestrum), used as gen. of vos, is contracted; the full form is found subst. (ante-class.): pars vostrorum intellegit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 123: neutram vostrarum, id. Stich. 1, 2, 84; id. Ps. 1, 2, 53; id. Aul. 2, 4, 42.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vester or voster tra, trum, pron poss.
vos, your, yours, of you: ille vester Oppianicus, of yours: clamore vestro adsentior: vestrum est dare, vincere nostrum, O.—As subst n.: non cognosco vostrum tam superbum, your haughty manner, T.: quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor? of your property, L.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *westeros.