(adjective) : păternus, a, um, pater
* Of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (said of the property, possessions, external relations, etc., of a father; while patrius is used of that which belongs essentially to his nature, dignity, or duty; hence, in good prose: patrius amor, animus, patria potestas, patrium jus; but paterni agri, liberi, servi, liberti, etc.).
* Lit.: injuria,against the father,Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39: haud paternum istuc dedisti,id. Ad. 3, 4, 4: horti,Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 34: libertus,id. Fl. 36, 89: bona paterna et avita,id. Cael. 14, 34: hospitium,Caes. B. C. 2, 25: regna,Verg. A. 3, 121: res,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 26: animus,id. C. 2, 2, 6: paterni animi indoles (a weaker expression than patrii, v. Weissenb. ad loc., and cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 833),Liv. 9, 4, 9: irae,id. 2, 61: vel paternam vel avitam gloriam consequi,Cic. Brut. 33, 126: civitatem paterno consilio florentissimam accipere,id. de Or. 1, 9, 38: paternum maternumque genus et nomen,id. Phil. 10, 6, 14.
* Also (acc. to pater, II. B.), ancestral, of or belonging to forefathers (late Lat.): sepulchra paterna,Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 39: mos,id. Act. 28, 17: traditio,id. 1 Pet. 1, 18.
* Transf.
* Of one's native country: paterni Fluminis ripae,Hor. C. 1, 20, 5: terra,Ov. H. 13, 100.
* Of animals, Col. 6, 37, 2: color,id. 7, 2, 5.
* In gram.: casus paternus,the genitive case,Prisc. p. 670 P.

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