(adj.Subst.) : pātrĭus, a, um, adj.pater
* Of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (for syn. v paternus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: esse exitio rei patriae suae,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 23: rem patriam et gloriam majorum foedare,id. Trin. 3, 2, 30: animus patrius,Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46; Liv. 2, 5, 8: res patria atque avita,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13: potestas,id. Inv. 2, 17, 52; Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2: jus et potestas,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46; Liv. 1, 26, 9: majestas,id. 4, 45, 8; 8, 7, 15: auctoritas,Cic. Cael. 16, 37: amor,id. Fin. 1, 7, 23: benevolentia,Tac. A. 4, 4: maeror,Cic. Fl. 42, 106; id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: acerbitas,Liv. 7, 5, 7: monumentum,Ter. Eun. prol. 13: amor,Verg. A. 1, 643: arae. i. e. of Father Apollo, Ov. M. 15, 723: patrium mimae donare fundum laremque, Hor S. 1, 2, 56: dolor pedum,hereditary,Plin. Ep. 1, 12: ucerbitas, i. e. of his father, Liv 7, 5, 7: di patrii, of one's forefathers. like θεοι πατρῷοι, family gods, household gods, penates, Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 75, Tib. 2, 1, 17; Hyg. ap. Macr S. 3, 4 fin.: hoc patrium est, potius consuefacere filium Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu, Ter Ad. 1, 1, 49.—Rarely, like paternus. = patris. patriā virtute praeditus filius,Cic. Sest. 21, 48 sepulchrum patrium, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 24: poenas patrias persequi,id. Phil. 13, 20, 4: corpus patrium. Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 74; Tac. A. 5, 28: patrio instituto deditus studio litterarum,Cic. Brut. 20, 79; 59, 213: mos patrius et disciplina,id. Sen. 11, 37: regnum patrium atque avitum,id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21.
* Transf., in gen.
* Handed down from one's forefathers, old-established, old, ancient (very rare): mos. hereditary, old-established custom, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84: leges. Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 2.
* Hereditary, innate, peculiar (poet.): praediscere patrios cultusque habitusque locorum,Verg. G. 1, 52: patrius hic (pedum dolor) illi,the gout,Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4. pavor genti, Sil 15, 722: adde, cruentis Quod patriura saevire Dahis,Val. Fl. 2, 157.—Hence
* Subst.
* Pātrĭa, ae (old gen. patrial, Lucr. 1, 41), f (sc. terra)
* Adv.: pātrĭē, paternally: patrie monere,Quint. 11, 1, 68.
* Pātrĭum, ĭi, n. (sc. nomen), i. q. patronymicum, a patronymic, Quint. 1, 5, 45.—*

(adjective) : pātrĭus, a, um, patria.
* In gen., of or belonging to one's native country or home, native: patrius sermo,Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Hor. A. P. 57: mos,Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27: ritus,id. Leg. 2, 9, 21: carmen patrium canere,a national song,Curt. 3, 3, 9: Mycenae,i. e. their home,Verg. A. 2, 180: palaestrae,id. ib. 3, 281: vox,Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 8.
* In partic., in gram.: nomen patrium, a gentile noun (like Romanus, Atheniensis, etc.), Prisc. p. 580 P.

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