patricius

See also: Patricius and patrícius

Latin

Etymology

From patr- (literally “father”) +‎ -icius (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈtri.ki.us/, [päˈt̪rɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈtri.t͡ʃi.us/, [päˈt̪riːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

patricius (feminine patricia, neuter patricium); first/second-declension adjective

1. patrician, noble

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	patricius	patricia	patricium		patriciī	patriciae	patricia
Genitive	patriciī	patriciae	patriciī		patriciōrum	patriciārum	patriciōrum
Dative	patriciō		patriciō		patriciīs
Accusative	patricium	patriciam	patricium		patriciōs	patriciās	patricia
Ablative	patriciō	patriciā	patriciō		patriciīs
Vocative	patricie	patricia	patricium		patriciī	patriciae	patricia

Alternative forms

• patritius

Derived terms

• Patricius (given name)

Noun

patricius m (genitive patriciī or patricī); second declension

1. patrician

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patricius	patriciī
Genitive	patriciī patricī1	patriciōrum
Dative	patriciō	patriciīs
Accusative	patricium	patriciōs
Ablative	patriciō	patriciīs
Vocative	patricie	patriciī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Catalan: patrici
• → Dutch: patriciër
• → French: patrice
• → German: Patrizier
• → Byzantine Greek: πατρίκιος (patríkios)
  • Greek: πατρίκιος (patríkios)
• → Hungarian: patrícius
• → Italian: patrizio
• → Polish: patrycjusz (learned)
• → Portuguese: patrício
• → Romanian: patriciu
• → Russian: патри́ций (patrícij)
• → Spanish: patricio

References

• “patricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patricius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• patricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • patrician arrogance; pride of caste: spiritus patricii (Liv. 4. 42)
    
• “patricius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray