patronatus
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pā̆trōnātus: ūs, m. id.,
I the character and condition of a patron, patronship, patronage (late Lat.; cf. patrocinium), Inscr. Murat. 564, 1: jus patronatus, the sum of the rights of a patron over his freedman, Dig. 37, tit. 14 (v Sandars ad Just. Inst. 1, 5, 3): omni commodo patronatus carere, Dig. 37, 14, 3: amissi patronatus jus recipere, ib. 21>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pătrōnātŭs, ūs, m. (patronus), patronat, condition de patron, patronage : jus patronatūs Dig. 37, tit. 14, droits de l’ancien maître sur l’affranchi.
Latin > German (Georges)
patrōnātus, ūs, m. (patronus), das Patronat, Würde eines Patrons, dem Freigelassenen gegenüber, ICt. – tabula patronatus, s. patrocinalis.
