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οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μαριὰμ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Σίμων καὶ Ἰούδας; → “Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers Jacob and Joseph and Shimon and Judah? (Matthew 13:55)

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|lshtext=<b>părens</b>: entis, m. and f. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. parentum and parentium, cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; [[Charis]]. p. 111 P.; Diom. p. 282 ib.: masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui [[etiam]] matrem, Fest. p. 151 Müll.; so, [[Gracchus]], [[Charis]]. p. 79 P.) [[pario]], a [[procreator]], a [[father]] or [[mother]], a [[parent]]; [[most]] freq. in the plur., parents.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT ... DIVIS PARENTVM SACER ESTO, Lex [[regia]]: qui parentem aut hospitem Necasset, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 29 (Trag. v. 239 Vahl.): [[parens]] [[tuus]], Cic. Sull. 29, 81; Hor. A. P. 313: illum et parentis crediderim sui Fregisse cervicem, id. C. 2, 13, 5: alma [[parens]] Idaea deum, Verg. A. 10, 252: an tu reris eum (Orestem) occisā insanuisse parente? etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 134: [[imperator]], qui sibi parentis [[loco]] esset, i. e. entitled to the [[reverence]] [[due]] a [[father]], Liv. 4, 42, 8; cf.: (Lolliam) privignis parentis [[loco]] futuram, be a [[mother]] to [[them]], Tac. A. 12. 2: parentis eam (Darii matrem) [[loco]] diligi colique, Curt. 5, 3, 11: per speciem honorandae parentis, Liv. 8, 22, 2; 26, 49, 13.—In plur.: quae ([[caritas]]) est [[inter]] natos et parentes, Cic. Lael. 8, 27: parentes cum liberis, Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: [[opus]] a parentibus majoribusque meis relictum, id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: in parentum [[loco]], id. Planc. 11, 28.— Of animals, a [[sire]] or [[dam]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.: gravida stans, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Cels. 6, 6, 39; Stat. Th. 10, 231.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grandparents, and, in gen., progenitors, ancestors (parentes, [[like]] patres, is used of the generations [[immediately]] [[preceding]] the [[present]]; all ancestors [[more]] [[remote]] [[than]] the grandparents are called majores, Seyffert ad Cic. Lael. p. 260): Siciliam [[tantum]] ac Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas nostrā virtute recuperaturi essemus, Liv. 21, 43, 6: appellatione parentis non [[tantum]] [[pater]], sed [[etiam]] [[avus]] et [[proavus]], et [[deinceps]] omnes superiores continentur: sed et [[mater]] et [[avia]] et [[proavia]], Dig. 50, 16, 51; cf. ib. 2, 4, 4; Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103; Verg. A. 9, 3; 10, 76; 619: si patriam, parentes, antiqua mallent [[quam]] dominos et colonias novas, Tac. A. 1, 59; Dig. 23, 3, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Relations, [[kinsfolk]], [[kindred]] ([[rare]] and not [[ante]]-Aug.): solent rei capitis adhibere [[vobis]] parentes. Duos ego fratres [[nuper]] amisi, Curt. 6, 10, 30; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 67; [[Capitol]]. M. Aur. 5; Flor. 3, 18, 5.—(Whether we are to [[take]] it in this [[sense]] in Liv 34, 32, 12, is [[doubtful]].) —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., a [[father]], [[founder]], [[inventor]], [[author]] ([[class]].): me quem nonnulli conservatorem istius urbis, quem parentem esse dixerunt, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: operum [[parens]] effectorque, id. Univ. 11: [[Socrates]] [[parens]] philosophiae, id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; cf.: [[Tullius]] facundiae Latiarumque litterarum [[parens]], Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; and: [[Homerus]] [[primus]] doctrinarum et antiquitatis [[parens]], id. 25, 2, 5, § 11: ([[Mercurius]]) curvae lyrae [[parens]], Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: earum (rerum) [[parens]] est educatrixque [[sapientia]], Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.—As an honorary [[appellation]]: [[quid]] [[prius]] dicam solitis Parentis Laudibus, i. e. Jupiter, Hor. C. 1, 12, 13: Latius, i. e. [[Domitian]], Stat. S. 1, 2, 178.<br /><b>pārens</b>: entis, Part. and P. a., from [[pareo]].
|lshtext=<b>părens</b>: entis, m. and f. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. parentum and parentium, cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; [[Charis]]. p. 111 P.; Diom. p. 282 ib.: masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui [[etiam]] matrem, Fest. p. 151 Müll.; so, [[Gracchus]], [[Charis]]. p. 79 P.) [[pario]], a [[procreator]], a [[father]] or [[mother]], a [[parent]]; [[most]] freq. in the plur., parents.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT ... DIVIS PARENTVM SACER ESTO, Lex [[regia]]: qui parentem aut hospitem Necasset, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 29 (Trag. v. 239 Vahl.): [[parens]] [[tuus]], Cic. Sull. 29, 81; Hor. A. P. 313: illum et parentis crediderim sui Fregisse cervicem, id. C. 2, 13, 5: alma [[parens]] Idaea deum, Verg. A. 10, 252: an tu reris eum (Orestem) occisā insanuisse parente? etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 134: [[imperator]], qui sibi parentis [[loco]] esset, i. e. entitled to the [[reverence]] [[due]] a [[father]], Liv. 4, 42, 8; cf.: (Lolliam) privignis parentis [[loco]] futuram, be a [[mother]] to [[them]], Tac. A. 12. 2: parentis eam (Darii matrem) [[loco]] diligi colique, Curt. 5, 3, 11: per speciem honorandae parentis, Liv. 8, 22, 2; 26, 49, 13.—In plur.: quae ([[caritas]]) est [[inter]] natos et parentes, Cic. Lael. 8, 27: parentes cum liberis, Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: [[opus]] a parentibus majoribusque meis relictum, id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: in parentum [[loco]], id. Planc. 11, 28.— Of animals, a [[sire]] or [[dam]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.: gravida stans, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Cels. 6, 6, 39; Stat. Th. 10, 231.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grandparents, and, in gen., progenitors, ancestors (parentes, [[like]] patres, is used of the generations [[immediately]] [[preceding]] the [[present]]; all ancestors [[more]] [[remote]] [[than]] the grandparents are called majores, Seyffert ad Cic. Lael. p. 260): Siciliam [[tantum]] ac Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas nostrā virtute recuperaturi essemus, Liv. 21, 43, 6: appellatione parentis non [[tantum]] [[pater]], sed [[etiam]] [[avus]] et [[proavus]], et [[deinceps]] omnes superiores continentur: sed et [[mater]] et [[avia]] et [[proavia]], Dig. 50, 16, 51; cf. ib. 2, 4, 4; Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103; Verg. A. 9, 3; 10, 76; 619: si patriam, parentes, antiqua mallent [[quam]] dominos et colonias novas, Tac. A. 1, 59; Dig. 23, 3, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Relations, [[kinsfolk]], [[kindred]] ([[rare]] and not [[ante]]-Aug.): solent rei capitis adhibere [[vobis]] parentes. Duos ego fratres [[nuper]] amisi, Curt. 6, 10, 30; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 67; [[Capitol]]. M. Aur. 5; Flor. 3, 18, 5.—(Whether we are to [[take]] it in this [[sense]] in Liv 34, 32, 12, is [[doubtful]].) —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., a [[father]], [[founder]], [[inventor]], [[author]] ([[class]].): me quem nonnulli conservatorem istius urbis, quem parentem esse dixerunt, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: operum [[parens]] effectorque, id. Univ. 11: [[Socrates]] [[parens]] philosophiae, id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; cf.: [[Tullius]] facundiae Latiarumque litterarum [[parens]], Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; and: [[Homerus]] [[primus]] doctrinarum et antiquitatis [[parens]], id. 25, 2, 5, § 11: ([[Mercurius]]) curvae lyrae [[parens]], Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: earum (rerum) [[parens]] est educatrixque [[sapientia]], Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.—As an honorary [[appellation]]: [[quid]] [[prius]] dicam solitis Parentis Laudibus, i. e. Jupiter, Hor. C. 1, 12, 13: Latius, i. e. [[Domitian]], Stat. S. 1, 2, 178.<br /><b>pārens</b>: entis, Part. and P. a., from [[pareo]].
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|georg=(1) pārēns<sup>1</sup>, entis, PAdi. (v. [[pareo]]), [[gehorsam]], oportuit silvam morigeram parentemque subdi, Chalcid. Tim. 270: parentiores [[exercitus]], Cic. de off. 1, 76. – Plur. subst., parentēs, ium, m., die Untertanen, Sall. Iug. 3, 2; 102, 7. Vell. 2, 108, 2: [[male]] parentes, ungehorsame Untertanen, Sen. ep. 90, 5. – / Genet. parentum, Verg. Aen. 6, 223. Sil. 14, 82.<br />'''(2)''' parēns<sup>2</sup>, entis, c. (v. [[pario]] = [[gigno]]), I) der Erzeuger, die [[Erzeugerin]], der [[Vater]], die [[Mutter]] (im natürlichen [[Verhältnis]] [[als]] Erzeuger, [[während]] [[pater]] u. [[mater]] [[mehr]] im sozialen u. bürgerlichen), a) eig., Cic. u.a.: [[parens]] liberorum an [[orbus]], Quint. – Plur. parentēs, um u. ium (masc.), die [[Eltern]] (Ggstz. [[liberi]]), Plaut., Cic. u.a. ([[aber]] principum coniuges ac parentes, der Fürsten Gattinnen u. Mütter, Tac.): modicis [[ortus]] parentibus, Vopics.: rusticis parentibus [[natus]], [[ein]] Bauernkind, Macr. – [[parens]] [[Idaea]], Ov., od. [[parens]] [[Idaea]] deûm, Verg., [[Cybele]]: Tegeaea od. Euandri, Karmenta, Ov.: so [[auch]] bl. [[parens]] v. [[Jupiter]], Hor. – v. Tieren, [[Varro]]: v. Bäumen u. Gewächsen, Plin. – b) übtr.: α) übh., gleichs. [[Vater]] od. [[Mutter]], der [[Stifter]], [[Urheber]], [[Erhalter]], [[Wohltäter]], v. Lebl. [[auch]] = die [[Quelle]], der [[Grund]], [[parens]] lyrae, v. [[Merkur]], Hor.: patriae, Cic.: operum, Cic.: [[Socrates]] [[parens]] philosophiae, Cic.: earum rerum [[parens]] est [[sapientia]], Cic. – β) die Mutterstadt, [[von]] der eine [[Kolonie]] ausging, [[Sidon]] Thebarum Boeotiarum [[parens]], Plin. 5, 76: cum [[ita]] [[contra]] matrem suam ac parentem urbem consurgeret, [[Haupt]]- u. Mutterstadt, [[Flor]]. 3, 18, 5: certare [[pio]] certamine cuiuslibet bonae [[artis]] ac virtutis [[ausi]] sumus cum parentibus quaeque [[civitas]] et conditoribus [[suis]], Liv. 37, 54, 19. – II) im [[weit]]. Sinne = a) [[Großvater]], Ov. [[met]]. 5, 237. – Plur. die [[Großeltern]], [[Urgroßeltern]] u. Vorfahren. Verg. u. ICt. – b) übh. [[Vetter]], [[parens]] et [[ipse]] [[Tarquinii]], v. [[Brutus]], Eutr. 1, 8. – Plur. = Vettern, Anverwandte (männl. u. weibl.), Curt., [[Flor]]. u. Capit. – / Über den Genet. parentum u. parentium ([[beide]] [[gleich]] [[gut]]) s. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 1, 404–406 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 493.
|georg=(1) pārēns<sup>1</sup>, entis, PAdi. (v. [[pareo]]), [[gehorsam]], oportuit silvam morigeram parentemque subdi, Chalcid. Tim. 270: parentiores [[exercitus]], Cic. de off. 1, 76. – Plur. subst., parentēs, ium, m., die Untertanen, Sall. Iug. 3, 2; 102, 7. Vell. 2, 108, 2: [[male]] parentes, ungehorsame Untertanen, Sen. ep. 90, 5. – / Genet. parentum, Verg. Aen. 6, 223. Sil. 14, 82.<br />'''(2)''' parēns<sup>2</sup>, entis, c. (v. [[pario]] = [[gigno]]), I) der Erzeuger, die [[Erzeugerin]], der [[Vater]], die [[Mutter]] (im natürlichen [[Verhältnis]] [[als]] Erzeuger, [[während]] [[pater]] u. [[mater]] [[mehr]] im sozialen u. bürgerlichen), a) eig., Cic. u.a.: [[parens]] liberorum an [[orbus]], Quint. – Plur. parentēs, um u. ium (masc.), die [[Eltern]] (Ggstz. [[liberi]]), Plaut., Cic. u.a. ([[aber]] principum coniuges ac parentes, der Fürsten Gattinnen u. Mütter, Tac.): modicis [[ortus]] parentibus, Vopics.: rusticis parentibus [[natus]], [[ein]] Bauernkind, Macr. – [[parens]] [[Idaea]], Ov., od. [[parens]] [[Idaea]] deûm, Verg., [[Cybele]]: Tegeaea od. Euandri, Karmenta, Ov.: so [[auch]] bl. [[parens]] v. [[Jupiter]], Hor. – v. Tieren, [[Varro]]: v. Bäumen u. Gewächsen, Plin. – b) übtr.: α) übh., gleichs. [[Vater]] od. [[Mutter]], der [[Stifter]], [[Urheber]], [[Erhalter]], [[Wohltäter]], v. Lebl. [[auch]] = die [[Quelle]], der [[Grund]], [[parens]] lyrae, v. [[Merkur]], Hor.: patriae, Cic.: operum, Cic.: [[Socrates]] [[parens]] philosophiae, Cic.: earum rerum [[parens]] est [[sapientia]], Cic. – β) die Mutterstadt, [[von]] der eine [[Kolonie]] ausging, [[Sidon]] Thebarum Boeotiarum [[parens]], Plin. 5, 76: cum [[ita]] [[contra]] matrem suam ac parentem urbem consurgeret, [[Haupt]]- u. Mutterstadt, [[Flor]]. 3, 18, 5: certare [[pio]] certamine cuiuslibet bonae [[artis]] ac virtutis [[ausi]] sumus cum parentibus quaeque [[civitas]] et conditoribus [[suis]], Liv. 37, 54, 19. – II) im [[weit]]. Sinne = a) [[Großvater]], Ov. [[met]]. 5, 237. – Plur. die [[Großeltern]], [[Urgroßeltern]] u. Vorfahren. Verg. u. ICt. – b) übh. [[Vetter]], [[parens]] et [[ipse]] [[Tarquinii]], v. [[Brutus]], Eutr. 1, 8. – Plur. = Vettern, Anverwandte (männl. u. weibl.), Curt., [[Flor]]. u. Capit. – / Über den Genet. parentum u. parentium ([[beide]] [[gleich]] [[gut]]) s. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 1, 404–406 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 493.
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Latin > English

parens parentis N C :: parent, father, mother

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părens: entis, m. and f. (
I gen. plur. parentum and parentium, cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; Charis. p. 111 P.; Diom. p. 282 ib.: masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui etiam matrem, Fest. p. 151 Müll.; so, Gracchus, Charis. p. 79 P.) pario, a procreator, a father or mother, a parent; most freq. in the plur., parents.
   1    Lit.: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT ... DIVIS PARENTVM SACER ESTO, Lex regia: qui parentem aut hospitem Necasset, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 29 (Trag. v. 239 Vahl.): parens tuus, Cic. Sull. 29, 81; Hor. A. P. 313: illum et parentis crediderim sui Fregisse cervicem, id. C. 2, 13, 5: alma parens Idaea deum, Verg. A. 10, 252: an tu reris eum (Orestem) occisā insanuisse parente? etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 134: imperator, qui sibi parentis loco esset, i. e. entitled to the reverence due a father, Liv. 4, 42, 8; cf.: (Lolliam) privignis parentis loco futuram, be a mother to them, Tac. A. 12. 2: parentis eam (Darii matrem) loco diligi colique, Curt. 5, 3, 11: per speciem honorandae parentis, Liv. 8, 22, 2; 26, 49, 13.—In plur.: quae (caritas) est inter natos et parentes, Cic. Lael. 8, 27: parentes cum liberis, Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: opus a parentibus majoribusque meis relictum, id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: in parentum loco, id. Planc. 11, 28.— Of animals, a sire or dam, Varr. R. R. 3, 7 fin.: gravida stans, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Cels. 6, 6, 39; Stat. Th. 10, 231.—
   b Transf.
   (a)    Grandparents, and, in gen., progenitors, ancestors (parentes, like patres, is used of the generations immediately preceding the present; all ancestors more remote than the grandparents are called majores, Seyffert ad Cic. Lael. p. 260): Siciliam tantum ac Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas nostrā virtute recuperaturi essemus, Liv. 21, 43, 6: appellatione parentis non tantum pater, sed etiam avus et proavus, et deinceps omnes superiores continentur: sed et mater et avia et proavia, Dig. 50, 16, 51; cf. ib. 2, 4, 4; Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103; Verg. A. 9, 3; 10, 76; 619: si patriam, parentes, antiqua mallent quam dominos et colonias novas, Tac. A. 1, 59; Dig. 23, 3, 5.—
   (b)    Relations, kinsfolk, kindred (rare and not ante-Aug.): solent rei capitis adhibere vobis parentes. Duos ego fratres nuper amisi, Curt. 6, 10, 30; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 67; Capitol. M. Aur. 5; Flor. 3, 18, 5.—(Whether we are to take it in this sense in Liv 34, 32, 12, is doubtful.) —
   2    Trop., a father, founder, inventor, author (class.): me quem nonnulli conservatorem istius urbis, quem parentem esse dixerunt, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: operum parens effectorque, id. Univ. 11: Socrates parens philosophiae, id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; cf.: Tullius facundiae Latiarumque litterarum parens, Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; and: Homerus primus doctrinarum et antiquitatis parens, id. 25, 2, 5, § 11: (Mercurius) curvae lyrae parens, Hor. C. 1, 10, 6: earum (rerum) parens est educatrixque sapientia, Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.—As an honorary appellation: quid prius dicam solitis Parentis Laudibus, i. e. Jupiter, Hor. C. 1, 12, 13: Latius, i. e. Domitian, Stat. S. 1, 2, 178.
pārens: entis, Part. and P. a., from pareo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) părēns,⁶ tis, m. f. (pario),
1 le père ou la mère : parens tuus Cic. Sulla 81, ton père ; parens Idæa deum Virg. En. 10, 252, la déesse de l’Ida, mère des dieux ; masculino genere parentem appellabant antiqui etiam matrem P. Fest. 151, les anciens mettaient le mot parens au masculin, même pour désigner la mère || pl., les parents [le père et la mère] : Cic. Læl. 27 ; Cæs. G. 5, 14, 4 || père ou mère des animaux] : Plin. 8, 165
2 grand-père, aïeul, et au pl. ancêtres : Liv. 21, 43, 6 ; Virg. En. 9, 3 || [fig.] père, auteur, inventeur : Socrates parens philosophiæ Cic. Fin. 2, 1, Socrate, père de la philosophie || [titre respectueux] père, vénérable : Stat. S. 1, 2, 178 || Jupiter : Hor. O. 1, 12, 13
3 parentes, les parents, les proches : Curt. 6, 10, 30. gén. pl. um ou plus rart] ium.
(2) pārēns,¹⁵ tis, part. de pareo || subst. m. parentes, ium, Sall. J. 102, 7, les sujets || parentior Cic. Off. 1, 76, plus obéissant.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) pārēns1, entis, PAdi. (v. pareo), gehorsam, oportuit silvam morigeram parentemque subdi, Chalcid. Tim. 270: parentiores exercitus, Cic. de off. 1, 76. – Plur. subst., parentēs, ium, m., die Untertanen, Sall. Iug. 3, 2; 102, 7. Vell. 2, 108, 2: male parentes, ungehorsame Untertanen, Sen. ep. 90, 5. – / Genet. parentum, Verg. Aen. 6, 223. Sil. 14, 82.
(2) parēns2, entis, c. (v. pario = gigno), I) der Erzeuger, die Erzeugerin, der Vater, die Mutter (im natürlichen Verhältnis als Erzeuger, während pater u. mater mehr im sozialen u. bürgerlichen), a) eig., Cic. u.a.: parens liberorum an orbus, Quint. – Plur. parentēs, um u. ium (masc.), die Eltern (Ggstz. liberi), Plaut., Cic. u.a. (aber principum coniuges ac parentes, der Fürsten Gattinnen u. Mütter, Tac.): modicis ortus parentibus, Vopics.: rusticis parentibus natus, ein Bauernkind, Macr. – parens Idaea, Ov., od. parens Idaea deûm, Verg., Cybele: Tegeaea od. Euandri, Karmenta, Ov.: so auch bl. parens v. Jupiter, Hor. – v. Tieren, Varro: v. Bäumen u. Gewächsen, Plin. – b) übtr.: α) übh., gleichs. Vater od. Mutter, der Stifter, Urheber, Erhalter, Wohltäter, v. Lebl. auch = die Quelle, der Grund, parens lyrae, v. Merkur, Hor.: patriae, Cic.: operum, Cic.: Socrates parens philosophiae, Cic.: earum rerum parens est sapientia, Cic. – β) die Mutterstadt, von der eine Kolonie ausging, Sidon Thebarum Boeotiarum parens, Plin. 5, 76: cum ita contra matrem suam ac parentem urbem consurgeret, Haupt- u. Mutterstadt, Flor. 3, 18, 5: certare pio certamine cuiuslibet bonae artis ac virtutis ausi sumus cum parentibus quaeque civitas et conditoribus suis, Liv. 37, 54, 19. – II) im weit. Sinne = a) Großvater, Ov. met. 5, 237. – Plur. die Großeltern, Urgroßeltern u. Vorfahren. Verg. u. ICt. – b) übh. Vetter, parens et ipse Tarquinii, v. Brutus, Eutr. 1, 8. – Plur. = Vettern, Anverwandte (männl. u. weibl.), Curt., Flor. u. Capit. – / Über den Genet. parentum u. parentium (beide gleich gut) s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 404–406 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 493.