patronus

See also: patrónus

Latin

Etymology

From pater (father).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtroː.nus/, [paˈtroː.nʊs]

Noun

patrōnus m (genitive patrōnī); second declension

  1. a protector, patron

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patrōnus patrōnī
Genitive patrōnī patrōnōrum
Dative patrōnō patrōnīs
Accusative patrōnum patrōnōs
Ablative patrōnō patrōnīs
Vocative patrōne patrōnī

Descendants

References

  • patronus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patronus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patronus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • patronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • counsel; advocate: patronus (causae) (De Or. 2. 69)
  • patronus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • patronus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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