patronatus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from patrōnus (“protector, patron”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.troːˈnaː.tus/, [pa.t̪roːˈn̪aː.t̪ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.troˈna.tus/, [pa.t̪rɔˈnaː.t̪us]

Noun

patrōnātus m (genitive patrōnātūs); fourth declension

1. (Late Latin) patronage

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patrōnātus	patrōnātūs
Genitive	patrōnātūs	patrōnātuum
Dative	patrōnātuī	patrōnātibus
Accusative	patrōnātum	patrōnātūs
Ablative	patrōnātū	patrōnātibus
Vocative	patrōnātus	patrōnātūs

Descendants

• English: patronate
• Italian: patronato

References

• patronatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• patronatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press