patrona
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
Latin > English
patrona patronae N F :: protectress, patroness
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pā̆trōna: ae,
I f patronus, a protectress, patroness.
I Lit.
A In gen.: bonam atque opsequentem deam atque haut gravatam patronam execuntur, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 4: te mihi patronam capio. Thais, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 48 cum lex ipsa sociorum atque amicorum populi Romani patrona sit. Cic. Div in Caecil. 20, 65.—
B In partic., the mistress of a freedman, a patroness, Plin. Ep. 10, 4, 2.—
II Trop., a protectress: provocatio patrona illa civitatis ac vindex libertatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Mart. 7, 72, 14.—Of the tongue, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pătrōna,¹³ æ, f. (patronus), protectrice : Pl. Rud. 261 ; Ter. Eun. 887 || [fig.] Cic. de Or. 2, 199 || [fig.] avocate : Pl. As. 292 || l’ancienne maîtresse d’un affranchi : Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 4, 2, v. patronus S 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
patrōna, ae, f. (patronus), die Patronin, Vertreterin I) = die Beschützerin, Verteidigerin, Gönnerin, Ter., Cic. u.a. – II) die Herrin, Gebieterin eines Freigelassenen, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1009, 16. Plin. ep. 10, 6 (22), 2. – v. Minerva, o patrona virgo, Catull. 1, 9.
