Patrocinium, patrocinij, n. g. Plin. The defence of men in trouble or fuite: supportation: bearing out: maintenaunce.Voluptas plurimorum patrocinijs defenditur.Cic.Fides patrocinij. Quint. Mite patrocinium causæ difsicilis.Ouid. Arripere patrocinium æquitatis.Cic.To desende equitie.Repudiare voluptatis patrocinium.Cic.Suscípere patrocinium difficilis causæ.Ouid.Suscipere patrocinium al cuius deserti.Cicer.To take vpon him the defence of one that is forsaken of all other.Si tuam consuetudinem in patrocinijs tuendis seruas. Vatinius Ciceronì. If you continue your fashion to defende mens tanses as you haue begonne.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pātrōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [patrocinor], pro tection, defence, patronage (cf.: praesidium, clientela, tutela). I. In gen.: patrocinia appellari coepta, cum plebs distributa est inter patres, ut eorum opibus tuta esset, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: illud patrocinium orbis terrae verius, quam imperium poterat nominari, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27: cujus patrocinio civitas plurimum utebatur, Sall. C. 41, 4; id. Or. Philippi contra Lepid.: utraque factio Macedonum patrociniis nitebatur, Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Inscr. Grut. 354, 1. —B.Trop., defence, protection: voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67: voluptas plurimorum patrociniis defenditur, id. Par. 1, 3, 15: mollitiae, Liv. 5, 6: difficultatis patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae, Quint. 1, 12, 16; cf. id. 10, 1, 28: causa patrocinio non bona pejor erit, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 26; Plin. 13, 3, 4, 23. —II. In partic., a defence in a court of justice, a pleading: hoc dicendi genus ad patrocinia mediocriter aptum videbatur, Cic. Brut. 29, 112: legitimarum et civilium controversiarum patrocinia suscipere, id. Or. 34, 120: arripere patrocinium aequitatis, id. de Or. 1, 57, 242: aliquae (controversiae) in meum quoque inciderunt patrocinium, Quint. 7, 2, 5; 5, 13, 40: patrocinium feneratorum, Liv. 6, 15.—B.Transf., concr.: patrocinia, persons defended, clients, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1.