patres conscripti

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Latin

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Etymology

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Originally most likely an ellipsis of patrēs et cōnscrīptī, seemingly distinct groups of senators in the early Republic. The 7th-century writer Isidore of Seville interprets cōnscrīptī as adjectival, but this reading is now usually rejected; the singular pater cōnscrīptus is, however, attested in Cicero (apparently as a joke).

Noun

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patrēs cōnscrīptī m pl (variously declined, genitive patrum cōnscrīptōrum); third declension, second declension

  1. (politics) An honorific term of address for the Roman Senate, literally conscript fathers or fathers and conscripts.
    • 55 BCE, Cicero, In Pisonem 24:
      At audistis, patres conscripti, philosophi vocem: negavit se triumphi cupidum umquam fuisse.
      But Conscript Fathers, you heard the voice of the philosopher: he denied that he has ever had the desire for a triumph.

Declension

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Third-declension noun with a second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative patrēs cōnscrīptī
Genitive patrum cōnscrīptōrum
Dative patribus cōnscrīptīs
Accusative patrēs cōnscrīptōs
Ablative patribus cōnscrīptīs
Vocative patrēs cōnscrīptī

Descendants

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  • English: conscript father (calque)