LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

patrōcinium

patrōcinium n (genitive patrōciniī or patrōcinī)

Meaning

  1. protection, defence
  2. patronage

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepatrōciniumpatrōcinia
genitivepatrōciniī
patrōcinī		patrōciniōrum
dativepatrōciniōpatrōciniīs
accusativepatrōciniumpatrōcinia
ablativepatrōciniōpatrōciniīs
vocativepatrōciniumpatrōcinia

pā^trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. patrocinor,
I. protection, defence, patronage (cf.: praesidium, clientela, tutela).
I. In gen.: patrocinia appellari coepta, cum plebs distributa est inter patres, ut eorum opibus tuta esset, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: illud patrocinium orbis terrae verius, quam imperium poterat nominari, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27: cujus patrocinio civitas plurimum utebatur, Sall. C. 41, 4; id. Or. Philippi contra Lepid.: utraque factio Macedonum patrociniis nitebatur, Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Inscr. Grut. 354, 1. —
B. Trop., defence, protection: voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67: voluptas plurimorum patrociniis defenditur, id. Par. 1, 3, 15: mollitiae, Liv. 5, 6: difficultatis patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae, Quint. 1, 12, 16; cf. id. 10, 1, 28: causa patrocinio non bona pejor erit, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 26; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23. —
II. In partic., a defence in a court of justice, a pleading: hoc dicendi genus ad patrocinia mediocriter aptum videbatur, Cic. Brut. 29, 112: legitimarum et civilium controversiarum patrocinia suscipere, id. Or. 34, 120: arripere patrocinium aequitatis, id. de Or. 1, 57, 242: aliquae (controversiae) in meum quoque inciderunt patrocinium, Quint. 7, 2, 5; 5, 13, 40: patrocinium feneratorum, Liv. 6, 15.—
B. Transf., concr.: patrocinia, persons defended, clients, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr
  3. Proto-Italic*patēr
  4. Latinpatrōcinium

▲ Latin colōnusinflu. Latin patrōnus Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin -cinor Latin patrōcinor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin patrōcinium From patrōcinor + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalanpatrocini
  • GermanPatrozinium
  • Englishpatrocinium
  • Italianpatrocinio
  • Portuguesepatrocínio
  • Spanishpatrocinio
  • Sicilianpatrucìniu

In English words that came into English from patrōcinium

  • patrociniumpatrōcinium

Quick answers

What does patrōcinium mean in Latin?
patrōcinium, a noun, means “protection, defence; patronage”.
What is the genitive of patrōcinium?
The genitive singular is patrōciniī. patrōcinium is neuter, second declension.
Where does patrōcinium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? → Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr → Proto-Italic *patēr → Latin patrōcinium.