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|lshtext=<b>pā&#774;trĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. [[pater]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to a [[father]], [[fatherly]], [[paternal]]; in gram.: [[patricus]] [[casus]], the genitive, Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; 8, § 67 ib.; 9, § 54 ib; 9, § 67 ib.; 9, § 85 ib.—Hence, adv.: pă-trĭcē, paternally, in the [[manner]] of a [[father]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[cesso]] [[magnifice]] patriceque ita ero meo [[ire]] [[advorsum]]? Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 8.
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