Adjective: pauper
Hyphenation:
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular masc. | pauper |
| Singular fem. | pauper |
| Singular neut. | pauper |
| Plural masc. | pauperēs |
| Plural fem. | pauperēs |
| Plural neut. | paupera |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | pauperis |
| Singular fem. | pauperis |
| Singular neut. | pauperis |
| Plural masc. | pauperum |
| Plural fem. | pauperum |
| Plural neut. | pauperum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | pauperī |
| Singular fem. | pauperī |
| Singular neut. | pauperī |
| Plural masc. | pauperibus |
| Plural fem. | pauperibus |
| Plural neut. | pauperibus |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | pauperem |
| Singular fem. | pauperem |
| Singular neut. | pauper |
| Plural masc. | pauperīs; pauperēs |
| Plural fem. | pauperīs; pauperēs |
| Plural neut. | paupera |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | paupere |
| Singular fem. | paupere |
| Singular neut. | paupere |
| Plural masc. | pauperibus |
| Plural fem. | pauperibus |
| Plural neut. | pauperibus |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | pauper |
| Singular fem. | pauper |
| Singular neut. | pauper |
| Plural masc. | pauperēs |
| Plural fem. | pauperēs |
| Plural neut. | paupera |
Comparison
| Comparative | pauperior |
| Superlative | pauperrimus |
Sample Sentences
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Illa vērō nōn est paupertās, sī laeta est; nōn quī parum habet, sed quī plūs cupit, pauper est. ([Seneca has just quoted Epicurus regarding “cheerful” poverty:] But truly, it is not poverty if it is cheerful; it is not the one who has little, but the one who craves more, who is poor.) [c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.6]
Adjectives inflected like pauper
pauper,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-
3. Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o-
5. Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-?
6. Latin dīvesinflu.
7. Latin pauper
8. Inherited from Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-, a thematic adjective which was switched to the third declension in Latin analogically, from a compound beginning with Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”, compare English few). The origin of the second element, -per, is less certain, but probably *perh₃- (“to grant, bestow, provide”) (compare Ancient Greek ἔπορον (époron, “to supply, grant, pay”)), therefore the compound meant “providing little”.
Verbs referencing "pauper"
German Adjectives
power, English Adjectives
poor, Romanian Adjectives
pauper, Asturian Adjectives
probe, French Adjectives
pauvre, Catalan Adjectives
pobre, Galician Adjectives
pobre, Portuguese Adjectives
pobre, Latin Adjectives
paulus, Swedish Adjectives
påver.
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