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                    "description": "(adjective) : pătrŭus, a, um, 1. patruus\n* Of or belonging to a father's brother, of an uncle (poet.): patruae verbera linguae, an uncle's, Hor C. 3, 12, 2: ense cadit patruo,Ov. F. 4, 55 (al. patrui).—Comically in sup.: patrue mi patruissime,my uncle, my best of uncles!Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; 26."
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