noun · commonvariously declined, third declension, second declension
patrēs cōnscrīptī
patrēs cōnscrīptī m pl (genitive patrum cōnscrīptōrum)
Meaning
- An honorific term of address for the Roman Senate, literally conscript fathers or fathers and conscripts.
At audistis, patres conscripti, philosophi vocem: negavit se triumphi cupidum umquam fuisse.
But Conscript Fathers, you heard the voice of the philosopher: he denied that he has ever had the desire for a triumph.55 BCE, Cicero, In Pisonem 24
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | patrēs cōnscrīptī |
| genitive | — | patrum cōnscrīptōrum |
| dative | — | patribus cōnscrīptīs |
| accusative | — | patrēs cōnscrīptōs |
| ablative | — | patribus cōnscrīptīs |
| vocative | — | patrēs cōnscrīptī |
Origins
Originally most likely an ellipsis of patrēs et cōnscrīptī, seemingly distinct groups of senators in the early Republic. The 7th-century writer Isidore of Seville interprets cōnscrīptī as adjectival, but this reading is now usually rejected; the singular pater cōnscrīptus is, however, attested in Cicero (apparently as a joke).
Descendants
- Englishconscript father