patricus

Latin

Etymology

From pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tri.kus/, [ˈpät̪rɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tri.kus/, [ˈpäːt̪rikus]

Adjective

patricus (feminine patrica, neuter patricum, adverb patricē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	patricus	patrica	patricum		patricī	patricae	patrica
Genitive	patricī	patricae	patricī		patricōrum	patricārum	patricōrum
Dative	patricō		patricō		patricīs
Accusative	patricum	patricam	patricum		patricōs	patricās	patrica
Ablative	patricō	patricā	patricō		patricīs
Vocative	patrice	patrica	patricum		patricī	patricae	patrica

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to a father): paternālis, paternus

Derived terms

• patricē

Related terms

• pater
• paterfamiliās
• paternālis
• paternē
• paternitās
• paternus
• patraster
• patria
• patricē
• patricīda
• patricius
• patriē
• patrimōniālis
• patrimōniolum
• patrimōnium
• patrīmus
• patrītus
• patrium
• patrius
• patrōcinālis
• patrōcinātus
• patrōcinium
• patrōcinor
• patrōna
• patrōnālis
• patrōnātus
• patrōnus
• patruēlis
• patruus

 

References

• “patricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.