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|lshtext=<b>pā&#774;trĭcĭus</b>: (pā&#774;trĭtĭus, Aug. Mon. Ancyr.), a, um, adj. patres,<br /><b>I</b> of the [[rank]] or [[dignity]] of the patres; belonging to the patricians, [[patrician]], [[noble]] (cf. [[nobilis]]): [[patricii]] pueri, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 5: [[familia]], Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; Vell. 2, 59, 2: [[gens]], Juv. 10, 332: [[sanguis]], Pers. 1, 61: [[ostrum]], Stat. S. 1, 4, 97: Patricius Vicus Romae [[dictus]] eo, [[quod]] ibi [[patricii]] habitaverunt (the mod. Via Urbana), Fest. p. 221 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: pā&#774;trĭcĭus, i (usu. <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, pā&#774;trĭcĭi, ōrum), m., a [[patrician]], a [[member]] of the Roman [[nobility]], divided [[into]] [[patricii]] majorum and minorum gentium (of the [[older]] and younger families): [[olim]] [[patricii]] dicebant, plebiscitis se non teneri, Gai. Inst. 1, 3: patres ab honore, patriciique [[progenies]] eorum appellati, Liv. 1, 8 fin.: patricios [[Cincius]] ait appellari solitos, qui [[nunc]] ingenui vocentur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.; Cic. Caecin. 35, 101: [[patricii]] minorum gentium, id. Fam. 9, 21, 2: ([[Sulla]]) [[primus]] e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari, of the Cornelian patricians, id. Leg. 2, 22, 57: exire e patriciis, to [[pass]], by [[adoption]], [[into]] a [[plebeian]] [[family]], id. Dom. 14, 37; Juv. 8, 190; 1, 24.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: [[nisi]] qui [[patricius]] [[sit]], Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. Brut. 16, 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> From the [[time]] of the [[emperor]] Constantine, [[patricius]] became the [[title]] of a [[person]] [[high]] in [[office]] at [[court]], Inscr. Grut. 1076, 2; Sid. 2, 90.