patronus

Etymology

From pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patrōnus m (genitive patrōnī); second declension

1. a protector, patron

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
• patronus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• patronus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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