Patricius, Adiectiuum. Belonging to the state of Seuators, or those that descende of Senatours. vt, Patricius magistratus. Cic. Patricia familia. Cic.Honos patricius. Claud. Indoles patricia. Stat.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pātrĭcĭus (pātrĭtĭus, Aug. Mon. Ancyr.), a, um, adj. [patres], of the rank or dignity of the patres; belonging to the patricians, patrician, noble (cf. nobilis): patricii pueri, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 5: familia, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; Vell. 2, 59, 2: gens, Juv. 10, 332: sanguis, Pers. 1, 61: ostrum, Stat. S. 1, 4, 97: Patricius Vicus Romae dictus eo, quod ibi patricii habitaverunt (the mod. Via Urbana), Fest. p. 221 Müll.— II.Subst.: pātrĭcĭus, i (usu. plur., pātrĭcĭi, ōrum), m., a patrician, a member of the Roman nobility, divided into patricii majorum and minorum gentium (of the older and younger families): olim patricii dicebant, plebiscitis se non teneri, Gai. Inst. 1, 3: patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati, Liv. 1, 8 fin.: patricios Cincius ait appellari solitos, qui nunc ingenui vocentur, Fest. p. 241 Müll.; Cic. Caecin. 35, 101: patricii minorum gentium, id. Fam. 9, 21, 2: (Sulla) primus e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari,
of the Cornelian patricians
, id. Leg. 2, 22, 57: exire e patriciis,
to pass
,
by adoption
,
into a plebeian family
, id. Dom. 14, 37; Juv. 8, 190; 1, 24.—In sing.: nisi qui patricius sit, Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. Brut. 16, 62.—B. From the time of the emperor Constantine, patricius became the title of a person high in office at court, Inscr. Grut. 1076, 2; Sid. 2, 90.
