2012_06_17 Agnate n. 父方 Any male relation on the father's side

Word of the Day for Sunday, June 17, 2012
agnate \ag-neyt\, noun:
1. A relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
2. Any male relation on the father's side.
adjective:
1. Related or akin through males or on the father's side.
2. Allied or akin.
It was considered abomination; no agnate gives up its infant kin in Igboland, no matter the crime.
 -- M. O. Ené, Blighted Blues
His uncle in the third segment was the only other agnate who shared patriotic sentiments with Yat-Kuan.
 -- Saikaku Ihara, Tales of Japanese Justice
Agnate is derived from the Latin word agnātus which referred to paternal kinsmen.
父方\ AG-neyt\，名詞：

1。相對的連接通過男性完全是有跡可尋。
2。在父親身邊的任何男性關係。

形容詞：
1。相關或通過在父親身邊的男性或類似。
2。專職或類似。

它被認為是可憎的，沒有父方放棄在Igboland其嬰兒的親屬，無論犯罪。
- M. O.烯，荒蕪藍調

他的叔叔在第三部分是唯一的父方共享逸寬的愛國情懷。
- 井原西鶴，日本司法的故事

父方從其中提到的父系親屬拉丁詞agnātus的推導。

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