LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

patrōna

patrōna f (genitive patrōnae)
Classical[paˈtroː.na]Ecclesiastical[paˈtrɔː.na]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. female patron, protector, protectrix
    c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 1.9
  2. foster mother

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fēmina quae aliōs dēfendit et cūrat.
patrōna -ae f — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
domina quae manūmīsit
patrōna -ae (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 19

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepatrōnapatrōnae
genitivepatrōnaepatrōnārum
dativepatrōnaepatrōnīs
accusativepatrōnampatrōnās
ablativepatrōnāpatrōnīs
vocativepatrōnapatrōnae

pā^trōna, ae,
I. f [patronus], a protectress, patroness.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: bonam atque opsequentem deam atque haut gravatam patronam execuntur, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 4: te mihi patronam capio. Thais, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 48 cum lex ipsa sociorum atque amicorum populi Romani patrona sit. Cic. Div in Caecil. 20, 65.—
B. In partic., the mistress of a freedman, a patroness, Plin. Ep. 10, 4, 2.—
II. Trop., a protectress: provocatio patrona illa civitatis ac vindex libertatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Mart. 7, 72, 14.—Of the tongue, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 26.

Origins

Feminine form of patrōnus (“patron”), from pater (“father”).

Descendants
  • Sicilianpatruna

Quick answers

What does patrōna mean in Latin?
patrōna, a noun, means “female patron, protector, protectrix; foster mother”.
What is the genitive of patrōna?
The genitive singular is patrōnae. patrōna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce patrōna?
In classical Latin, [paˈtroː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [paˈtrɔː.na].