patronatus
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
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>
