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pater

noun as in sire

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Interestingly enough, Julius Caesar possibly linked Cernunnos to the Dis Pater – the god of the Roman underworld.

"All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.

Benign respdit pater ipse Membertou neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia.

Pater Biardus adiit ad afflictum puelli parentem, rogauitque an ipso volente moribundum infantem Baptismo esset lustraturus.

That's going to make things lots easier for my scheme, 'but I'll 'bide a wee' before I spring it on the Pater.

I think a prudent reader should pronounce as the judges do—Pater est is quern nuptiæ demonstrant.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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