adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
patruēlis1
patruēlis (neuter patruēle)
Classical[pa.truˈeː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[pa.truˈɛː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationof, belonging to or descending from one's father's brother
- raretwo terminationof, belonging to or descending from one's father's sister
quonam modo ille furenti fratri suo [some manuscripts: patrueli] consularis restitisset, qui consul eum incipientem furere atque tonantem sua se manu interfecturum audiente senatu dixerit?
How would that consular [i.e. Q. Metellus Celer] have resisted the madness of his cousin [brother from his father’s sister; i.e. P. Clodius Pulcher]—he, who when he was consul and [his cousin] was beginning his ravings and thundering forth, said before the listening Senate that he would slay him with his own hand?56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caelio 24.60
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
patruī fīliuspatruēlis -is (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 10
fīlius frātris patrispatruēlis -is (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patruēlis | patruēlis | patruēle |
| genitive | patruēlis | patruēlis | patruēlis |
| dative | patruēlī | patruēlī | patruēlī |
| accusative | patruēlem | patruēlem | patruēle |
| ablative | patruēlī | patruēlī | patruēlī |
| vocative | patruēlis | patruēlis | patruēle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | patruēlēs | patruēlēs | patruēlia |
| genitive | patruēlium | patruēlium | patruēlium |
| dative | patruēlibus | patruēlibus | patruēlibus |
| accusative | patruēlīs patruēlēs | patruēlīs patruēlēs | patruēlia |
| ablative | patruēlibus | patruēlibus | patruēlibus |
| vocative | patruēlēs | patruēlēs | patruēlia |
pā^trŭēlis, e (abl. patruele, Nep. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 113 P.), adj. patruus,
I. of or descended from a father's brother (cf. consobrinus, descended from a mother's sister).
I. Lit.: patrueles marium fratrum filii;
consobrini ex duabus editi sororibus, Non. 557, 12: item fratres patrueles, sorores patrueles, id est qui quaeve ex duobus fratribus progenerantur, Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 10: frater tuus erat frater patruelis meus, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 109: L. Cicero frater noster cognatione patruelis, amore germanus, my cousin by blood, my brother in affection, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: frater, id. Planc. 11, 27.—B. Subst.: pā^trŭēlis, is, comm., a father's brother's son or daughter, a cousin:
patruelis suus, his cousin, Suet. Dom. 15: alterum e patruelibus, id. ib. 10: patruelis nulla, Pers. 6, 52; Amm. 15, 8, 1. —II. Transf., of or belonging to a father's brother's child or children, of one's cousin or cousins (poet.):
patruelia regna, i. e. of Danaus, Ov. H. 14, 61: patruelia dona, i. e. the arms of Achilles (whose father was the brother of Ajax's father), id. M. 13, 41: origo, id. ib. 1, 352.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
patruēlis e, adj.
patruus, of a father's brother, child of a father's brother (cf. consobrinus): frater noster cognatione patruelis, amore germanus, by blood my cousin, my brother in affection.— Of a cousin, of cousins : patruelia regna, i. e. of Danaus , O.: dona, i. e. the arms of Achilles (paternal cousin of Ajax), O.
Origins
From patruus (“father's brother”) + -ēlis.