patronus

See also: patrónus

Latin

Etymology

From pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈtroː.nus/, [paˈtroː.nʊs]

Noun

patrōnus m (genitive patrōnī); second declension

1. a protector, patron

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	patrōnus	patrōnī
genitive	patrōnī	patrōnōrum
dative	patrōnō	patrōnīs
accusative	patrōnum	patrōnōs
ablative	patrōnō	patrōnīs
vocative	patrōne	patrōnī

Descendants

• Catalan: patró
• Corsican: patronu
• Dutch: patroon
• English: patron, patroon
• French: patron
• Friulian: paron
• Italian: padrone, patrono

• Portuguese: patrão, patrono
• Romanian: patron
• Sicilian: patruni
• Spanish: patrón, padrón, patrono
• Venetian: paron

References

• patronus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patronus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “patronus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “patronus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • counsel; advocate: patronus (causae) (De Or. 2. 69)
    
• patronus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patronus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin