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(adj.adv.) : frāternus, a, um, adj.frater
* Brotherly, fraternal.
* Lit.: sese et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi commoveri,Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 3: tametsi in ipso fraterno parricidio nullum scelus praetermissum videtur, tamen, etc. ... ab hereditate fraterna excludi,Cic. Clu. 11, 31: acerba fata Romanos agunt, Scelusque fraternae necis, of fratricide (committed by Romulus), Hor. Epod. 7, 18; cf.: fraterno primi maduerunt sanguine muri,Luc. 1, 95; so, sanguis,Hor. S. 2, 5, 16: lyra (because given to Apollo by his brother Mercury),id. C. 1, 21, 12: mores,of Zethus, brother of Amphion,id. Ep. 1, 18, 43: undae, of Neptune (as brother of Jupiter), Ov. M. 7, 367: invidia, against his brother (shortly before: fratris invidia),Sall. J. 39 fin.
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* Of or belonging to a relalive or kinsman: frater erat, fraterna peto,the arms of his cousin Achilles,Ov. M. 13, 31: pectora,Val. Fl. 1, 163: fama,id. ib. 1, 178.
* (Acc. to frater, II. A.) Brotherly, fraternal, i. e. closely allied, friendly: propter amorem in nos fraternum,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: pro fraterna illa necessitudine,id. Quint. 4, 16: animi,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 4: foedus,id. ib. 1, 3, 35.
* Poet., of animals yoked together: it tristis arator Maerentem abjungens fraterna morte juvencum,of his companion,Verg. G. 3, 518.—Hence, adv.: frāterne.
* In a brotherly manner: quare facis tu quidem fraterne, quod me hortaris, sed, etc.,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.
* Heartily, affectionately: tibi persuadeas, te a me fraterne amari,Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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