adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
patricius1
patricius (feminine patricia, neuter patricium)
Classical[paˈtrɪ.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[paˈtriː.t͡ʃi.us]
Meaning
- adjectivepatrician, noble
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patricius | patricia | patricium |
| genitive | patriciī | patriciae | patriciī |
| dative | patriciō | patriciae | patriciō |
| accusative | patricium | patriciam | patricium |
| ablative | patriciō | patriciā | patriciō |
| vocative | patricie | patricia | patricium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patriciī | patriciae | patricia |
| genitive | patriciōrum | patriciārum | patriciōrum |
| dative | patriciīs | patriciīs | patriciīs |
| accusative | patriciōs | patriciās | patricia |
| ablative | patriciīs | patriciīs | patriciīs |
| vocative | patriciī | patriciae | patricia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- spiritus patricii (Liv. 4. 42)
- patrician arrogance; pride of caste.
pā^trĭcĭus (pā^trĭtĭus, Aug. Mon. Ancyr.), a, um, adj. patres,
I. of the rank or dignity of the patres; belonging to the patricians, patrician, noble (cf. nobilis):
patricii pueri, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 5: familia, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; Vell. 2, 59, 2: gens, Juv. 10, 332: sanguis, Pers. 1, 61: ostrum, Stat. S. 1, 4, 97: Patricius Vicus Romae dictus eo, quod ibi patricii habitaverunt (the mod. Via Urbana), Fest. p. 221 Müll.— II. Subst.: pā^trĭcĭus, i (usu. plur., pā^trĭcĭi, ōrum), m., a patrician, a member of the Roman nobility, divided into patricii majorum and minorum gentium (of the older and younger families):
olim patricii dicebant, plebiscitis se non teneri, Gai. Inst. 1, 3: patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati, Liv. 1, 8 fin.: patricios Cincius ait appellari solitos, qui nunc ingenui vocentur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.; Cic. Caecin. 35, 101: patricii minorum gentium, id. Fam. 9, 21, 2: (Sulla) primus e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari, of the Cornelian patricians, id. Leg. 2, 22, 57: exire e patriciis, to pass, by adoption, into a plebeian family, id. Dom. 14, 37; Juv. 8, 190; 1, 24.—In sing.: nisi qui patricius sit, Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. Brut. 16, 62.—B. From the time of the emperor Constantine, patricius became the title of a person high in office at court, Inscr. Grut. 1076, 2; Sid. 2, 90.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
patricius adj.
pater, of fatherly dignity, of senatorial rank, of the patricians, patrician, noble : gens, S.: nisi qui patricius sit.—As subst m . and f a patrician, nobleman, noble lady , C., L.— Plur, the patricians, nobility : patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati, L.: exire e patriciis, to be adopted into a plebeian family .
Origins
From patr- (literally “father”) + -icius (adjective-forming suffix).
In English words that came into English from patricius
- patricianpatricius
- patriciatepatriciātus