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|lshtext=<b>păter</b>: [[tris]] (old<br /><b>I</b> gen PATRVS. Inscr Corp. Lat. 1469; dat PATRE, ib 182), m. Sanscr. [[root]] pā, to [[nourish]], [[protect]]; Lat. [[pasco]]; [[hence]], Zend, patar, [[protector]]; Gr. πατηρ; Sanscr pitri; Engl. [[father]]; Germ. Vater, a [[father]], [[sire]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. Aes. Ehem, [[pater]] mi, tu hic eras? De Tuus [[hercle]] [[vero]] et [[animo]] et patura [[pater]], Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 3: patre [[certo]] nasci, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: [[Servius]] [[Tullius]] captivā Corniculanā [[natus]], patre nullo, matre servā, i. e. by an [[unknown]] [[father]], Liv. 4, 3: SI PATER FILIVM TER VENVM DVIT FILIVS A PATRE LIBER ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.: CORNELIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, Epit. of the Scipios: ego a patre ita eram [[deductus]], by my [[father]], Cic. Lael. 1, 1: aliquem patris [[loco]] colere debere, id. Phil. 2, 38, 99.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[father]] as [[head]] and rep resentative of the [[household]], esp., [[paterfamilias]] and paterfamiliae: [[pauci]] milites patresque familiae recepti, Caes. B. C. 2, 44: quemeunque patrem familiae arripuissetis, Cic. de Or. 1, 43; v. [[familia]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In plur.: patres, [[fathers]], forefathers: patrum nostrorum [[aetas]], Cic. Or. 5, 18: [[memoria]] patrum, id. de Or. 1, 40, 181: [[apud]] patres nostros, id. Off. 3, 11, 47: patres majoresque nostri, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum, Vulg Exod 3, 15: descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum, id. Deut. 10, 22.—So in [[sing]] (eccl. Lat.): dixitque Jacob; Deus patris mei [[Abraham]], etc., Vulg. Gen. 32, 9: [[quod]] juravit ad Abra. [[ham]] patrem nostrūm, id. Luc. 1, 73.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> PATRES for parentes, parents, Inscr. Grut. 707, 5; 656, 2; 692, 1; 704, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> As a [[title]] of [[honor]], [[father]].—Of a [[deity]], esp. of Jupiter: [[divum]] [[pater]] [[atque]] hominum rex, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 179 Vahl.); cf.: [[pater]] [[optime]] Olimpi, id. ap. Oros. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 198 ib.): [[ipse]] [[pater]] mediā nimborum in nocte coruscā Fulmina molitur dextrā, Verg. G. 1, 328: Gradivumque patrem Geticis qui praesidet arvis, id. A. 3, 35: [[pater]] Lemnius, i. e. [[Vulcan]], id. ib. 8, 454: Bacche [[pater]], Hor. C. 3, 3, 13; cf. [[Lenaeus]], i. e. [[Bacchus]], Verg. G. 2, 7: [[pater]] Silvane, Hor. Epod. 2, 21: Quirine [[pater]], Enn. ap. Non. 120, 1 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): [[pater]] Tiberine, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.); of the [[Tiber]], Liv. 2, 10: [[Apenninus]], Verg. A. 12, 703 Wagner: [[pater]] [[Aeneas]], id. ib. 1, 699.—Of the [[creative]] or [[generative]] powers of [[nature]] as deities: [[pater]] Aether, Lucr. 1, 250: [[aequoreus]], i. e. [[Ocean]], Col. poët. 10, 200.—As an honorable [[designation]] applied to senators: principes, qui appellati sunt [[propter]] caritatem patres, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14: patres ab honore patriciique [[progenies]] eorum appellati, Liv. 1, 8.—Hence, patres = [[patricii]], opp. to plebeii: quā re ad patres [[censeo]] revertare: plebeii [[quam]] fuerint importuni, vides, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 fin.: patres conscripti, v. [[conscribo]]: [[pater]] patrum, [[pater]] sacrorum, [[pater]] nomimus, the [[title]] given to the [[high]]-[[priest]] of [[Mithras]], Inscr. Grut. 28, 2; 315, 5; 1102, 2; Inscr. Orell. 5059: [[patratus]], v. h. v. under [[patro]], P. a.—Of the [[founder]] of a [[school]]: [[Zeno]], [[pater]] Stoicorum, Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23; of a [[teacher]], as a [[source]] or [[creator]]: [[Isocrates]] [[pater]] eloquentiae, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10: [[Herodotus]] [[pater]] historiae, id. Leg. 1, 1, 5: [[pater]] patriae, the [[father]] of his [[country]], of [[Cicero]], Cic. Pis. 3, 6: quem Q. [[Catulus]], quem multi alii [[saepe]] in senatu patrem patriae nominarant, id. Sest. 57, 121; cf.: [[Roma]] patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit, Juv. 8, 245.—So of [[Marius]]: C. [[Marium]] quem [[vere]] patrem patriae ... possumus dicere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 27; of Trajan, and [[other]] emperors: at tu [[etiam]] [[nomen]] patris patriae recusabas, Plin. [[Pan]]. 21; cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 26; id. Ner. 8; cf. also: [[pater]] senatūs, Tac. A. 11, 25; Ov. F. 2, 127; id. Tr. 2, 39; 181; id. P. 1, 1, 36: [[pater]] [[orbis]], id. F. 3, 72; Stat. S. 1, 4, 95; 4, 8, 20.—As a [[term]] of [[respect]]: [[pater]] [[Aeneas]], Verg. A. 5, 348; esp., to an old [[man]], Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36; Verg. A. 5, 521; so id. ib. 533.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> In eccl. Lat., the Supreme Being, God: [[sicut]] [[enim]] Pater habet vitam in [[semet]] ipso, Vulg. Joan. 5, 26: [[confiteor]] [[tibi]], Pater Domine caeli et terrae, id. Luc. 10, 21: Pater [[caelestis]], id. Matt. 5, 48; 18, 35: Pater [[vester]] qui in caelis est, id. ib. 23, 9: Pater [[noster]], qui es in caelis, id. ib. 6, 9: adorabunt Patrem, id. Joan. 4, 23; id. Act. 1, 7 saep.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> Pater cenae, the [[host]], Hor. S. 2, 8, 7: misericordiarum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 3. —Hence, by [[way]] of [[opposition]], *<br /> Pater esuritionum, the [[father]] of [[hunger]]-pains, said of a [[very]] [[poor]] [[man]] [[who]] suffers from [[hunger]], Cat. 21, 1.—<br /> Of animals, [[sire]]: virque paterque gregis, Ov. A. A. 1, 522; Petr. 133 fin.; Col. 6, 37, 4.
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|gf=<b>pătĕr</b>,⁴ [[tris]], m. ([[πατήρ]]), père<br /><b>1</b> [[tuus]] et [[animo]] et [[natura]] [[pater]] Ter. Ad. 902, ton père à la fois par le cœur et par le sang ; patre [[certo]] nasci Cic. Amer. 46, naître de père connu<br /><b>2</b> [[pater]] [[familias]] ou familiæ, <b> a)</b> père de famille, maître de maison : Cic. Rep. 5, 4 ; Amer. 48 ; <b> b)</b> bon bourgeois, premier citoyen venu : Cic. de Or. 1, 132<br /><b>3</b> patres, <b> a)</b> les pères : patrum [[nostrorum]] ætas Cic. Or. 18, la génération de [[nos]] pères, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 181 ; Off. 3, 47 ; Læl. 6 ; patres majoresque [[nostri]] Cic. Cæc. 69, [[nos]] pères et [[nos]] ancêtres ; <b> b)</b> les sénateurs : Cic. Rep. 2, 14 ; 2, 56, etc., v. conscripti ; <b> c)</b> patriciens [orig<sup>t</sup> descendants des chefs de famille qui constituaient le sénat de [[Romulus]] Cic. Rep. 2, 23 ] : Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3<br /><b>4</b> [en parl. des dieux] <b> a)</b> [[pater]] désigne Jupiter, le père des dieux et des hommes : Virg. G. 1, 328 ; <b> b)</b> [épithète de vénération] [[auguste]], divin : [[Bacche]] [[pater]] Hor. O. 3, 3, 13, ô vénéré [[Bacchus]] ; <b> c)</b> divinité, dieu : [[Gradivus]] [[pater]] Virg. En. 3, 35, dieu [[Mars]] ; [[pater]] [[Lemnius]] Virg. En. 8, 454, dieu de [[Lemnos]] [Vulcain] || [en parl. des hommes] vénérable : [[pater]] Æneas Virg. En. 1, 699, le noble Énée ; [en gén., épithète de vénération], cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 37 || [[pater]] patriæ, père de la [[patrie]] [titre d’honneur] : Cic. Pis. 6 ; Sest. 121, et [[pater]] [[senatus]] Tac. Ann. 11, 25, père du sénat, cf. Ov. F. 2, 127<br /><b>5</b> père, fondateur : [[pater]] Stoicorum Cic. Nat. 3, 23, fondateur du stoïcisme ; eloquentiæ Cic. de Or. 2, 10, père de l’éloquence, cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 5 ; Ov. F. 3, 72, etc. || [[pater]] cenæ Hor. S. 2, 8, 7, l’amphitryon<br /><b>6</b> père = vieillard : Virg. En. 5, 521 ; 533<br /><b>7</b> [[pater]] [[patratus]], chef des féciaux : Cic. de Or. 2, 137 ; Liv. 1, 24, 6 ; Serv. En. 9, 53 ; 10, 14 ; 12, 206. arch. : gén. patrus CIL 1, 2289 ; dat. patre CIL 1, 392.
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