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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=itc-pro *nosteros}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɔs.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔs.ter]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''noster''' (feminine nostra, neuter nostrum); first/second-declension determiner (nominative masculine singular in -er), with locative^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nosteros|t=our]], formed from [[nōs]] with the contrastive suffix ⟨*-tero-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan tentatively reconstructs a PIE possessive [[m|ine-pro|*n̥s-tero-]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ Compare [[grc|ἡμέτερος|tr=hēméteros|t=our]], formed with the same suffix, and Old Irish [[m|sga|ar n-|t=our]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found from Livius Andronicus on.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Besides “our, ours”, ''noster'' is often used for “my” in formal or modest style.^(OLD 2012) Slaves use it of their own household (''senex noster'' “our old master”), it marks affection with the name of a friend (''Varrō noster'' “our dear Varro”), and it means “of our side, of our army”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ The genitive plural ''nostrum'' is used by Plautus, and the noun ''[[nostrās]]'' “native, of our country” is derived from it.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''nostrās … legiōnēs'' of an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar speaks of ''mīlitēs nostrī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Determiner===
+ # [[m|en|our]], ours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # My (in formal or modest style).^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of our household or family.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Our dear (with the name of a friend or relative).^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of our side, of our army.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[nostrās]]
+ * [[nostrātim]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōs]]
+ * [[vester]]
+ * [[meus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}