patrocinium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
patrocinium (uncountable)
- (historical) The distinctive relationship in Ancient Roman society between a patron and a client.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From patrōnus (“protector”), from pater (“father”).
Noun edit
patrōcinium n (genitive patrōciniī or patrōcinī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | patrōcinium | patrōcinia |
| Genitive | patrōciniī patrōcinī1 |
patrōciniōrum |
| Dative | patrōciniō | patrōciniīs |
| Accusative | patrōcinium | patrōcinia |
| Ablative | patrōciniō | patrōciniīs |
| Vocative | patrōcinium | patrōcinia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: patrocini
- → English: patrocinium
- → Italian: patrocinio
- → Portuguese: patrocínio
- → Spanish: patrocinio
References edit
- “patrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “patrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patrocinium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- patrocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.