Lewis Short
pătrĭarcha | pătrĭarches (noun M) : and , , , = πατριάρχης
* The father or chief of a tribe, a patriarch.
* Lit.: secundum patriarchas et ceteros majores,Tert. Idol. 17; id. Cor. Mil. 9; Prud. Psych. 534; Vulg. 1 Par. 8, 28; id. Act. 7, 8.—Gen. plur. patriarchūm, Paul. Nol. Carm. 24, 209.
* Transf., a chief bishop, a patriarch, Vop. Firm. Saturn. 8, 4.
* Trop.: philosophi, patriarchae ut ita dixerim, haereticorum,Tert. Anim. 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary