Pater

Latin term for "father." The term may appear spelled several different ways in historical documents according to its grammatical usage in the sentence, as shown in the following table:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pater	patres
Vocative	pater	patres
Accusative	patrem	patres
Genitive	patris	patrum
Dative	patri	patribus
Ablative	patre	patribus

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