paternus

Latin > English

paternus paterna, paternum ADJ :: father's, paternal; ancestral

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

păternus: a, um, adj. pater,
I of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (said of the property, possessions, external relations, etc., of a father; while patrius is used of that which belongs essentially to his nature, dignity, or duty; hence, in good prose: patrius amor, animus, patria potestas, patrium jus; but paterni agri, liberi, servi, liberti, etc.).
I Lit.: injuria, against the father, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39: haud paternum istuc dedisti, id. Ad. 3, 4, 4: horti, Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 34: libertus, id. Fl. 36, 89: bona paterna et avita, id. Cael. 14, 34: hospitium, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: regna, Verg. A. 3, 121: res, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 26: animus, id. C. 2, 2, 6: paterni animi indoles (a weaker expression than patrii, v. Weissenb. ad loc., and cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 833), Liv. 9, 4, 9: irae, id. 2, 61: vel paternam vel avitam gloriam consequi, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: civitatem paterno consilio florentissimam accipere, id. de Or. 1, 9, 38: paternum maternumque genus et nomen, id. Phil. 10, 6, 14. —
   B Also (acc. to pater, II. B.), ancestral, of or belonging to forefathers (late Lat.): sepulchra paterna, Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 39: mos, id. Act. 28, 17: traditio, id. 1 Pet. 1, 18.—
II Transf.
   A Of one's native country: paterni Fluminis ripae, Hor. C. 1, 20, 5: terra, Ov. H. 13, 100.—
   B Of animals, Col. 6, 37, 2: color, id. 7, 2, 5.—
   C In gram.: casus paternus, the genitive case, Prisc. p. 670 P.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) păternus,⁸ a, um (pater),
1 paternel, qui appartient au père : prædia paterna Cic. Agr. 3, 7, terres paternelles ; exercitum ex paternis militibus conficere Cic. Phil. 4, 3, former une armée avec les soldats de son père ; paterna gloria Cic. Br. 126 ; paternum genus Cic. Phil. 10, 14, gloire appartenant au père, famille du côté paternel ; regnum paternum Cic. Sest. 57, royaume paternel
2 [poét.] des pères, des aïeux : Hor. O. 1, 20, 5 ; Ov. H. 13, 100.

Latin > German (Georges)

paternus, a, um (pater), I) väterlich, vom Vater übernommen od. ererbt, des Vaters (Ggstz. maternus), solium (Thron), Cic.: horti, Cic.: paternae atque avitae possessiones, Cic.: paternus ager atque avitus, Sen.: pat. lacrimae, Sen. rhet.: pat. avus, von väterl. Seite, Hor. u. Plin. ep.: pat. iniuria, gegen den V., Ter.: subst., paterna, ōrum, n., das väterliche Vermögen, Quint. 7, 1, 43. – v. Tieren, paternam formam referre, Colum. – II) vaterländisch, Hor. u. Ov.