pater

patrum auctoritate
with the sanction of the senate

pater , tris, m.: a father, 1.60, et al.; sire, ancestor, forefather, 1.641; often for Jupiter, 1.60; applied to many of the gods, 5.241, et al; often to rivers and lakes; pl., parents, 2.579; elders, senators, fathers, chiefs, 4.682; pater Rōmānus, Augustus (or, perhaps, the Roman citizen), 9.449. (πατήρ)

păter, tris (old gen PATRVS. Inscr. Corp. Lat. 1469; dat PATRE, ib 182), m. [Sanscr. root pā, to nourish, protect; Lat. pasco; hence, Zend, patar, protector; Gr. πατηρ; Sanscr pitri; Engl. father; Germ. Vater], a father, sire.

• I Lit. Aes. Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras? De Tuus hercle vero et animo et patura pater, Ter. Ad. 901: patre certo nasci, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46: Servius Tullius captivā Corniculanā natus, patre nullo, matre servā, i. e. by an unknown father, Liv. 4, 3: SI PATER FILIVM TER VENVM DVIT FILIVS A PATRE LIBER ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.: CORNELIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, Epit. of the Scipios: ego a patre ita eram deductus, by my father, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: aliquem patris loco colere debere, id. Phil. 2, 38, 99.—
• II Transf.
• • A The father as head and rep resentative of the household, esp., paterfamilias and paterfamiliae: pauci milites patresque familiae recepti, Caes. B. C. 2, 44: quemeunque patrem familiae arripuissetis, Cic. de Or. 1, 43; v. familia.—
  • B In plur.: patres, fathers, forefathers: patrum nostrorum aetas, Cic. Or. 5, 18: memoria patrum, id. de Or. 1, 40, 181: apud patres nostros, id. Off. 3, 11, 47: patres majoresque nostri, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum, Vulg Exod 3, 15: descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum, id. Deut. 10, 22.—So in sing (eccl. Lat.): dixitque Jacob; Deus patris mei Abraham, etc., Vulg. Gen. 32, 9: quod juravit ad Abraham patrem nostrūm, id. Luc. 1, 73.—
  • C PATRES for parentes, parents, Inscr. Grut. 707, 5; 656, 2; 692, 1; 704, 1.—
  • D As a title of honor, father.—Of a deity, esp. of Jupiter: divum pater atque hominum rex, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 179 Vahl.); cf.: pater optime Olimpi, id. ap. Oros. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 198 ib.): ipse pater mediā nimborum in nocte coruscā Fulmina molitur dextrā, Verg. G. 1, 328: Gradivumque patrem Geticis qui praesidet arvis, id. A. 3, 35: pater Lemnius, i. e. Vulcan, id. ib. 8, 454: Bacche pater, Hor. C. 3, 3, 13; cf. Lenaeus, i. e. Bacchus, Verg. G. 2, 7: pater Silvane, Hor. Epod. 2, 21: Quirine pater, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 1 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): pater Tiberine, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.); of the Tiber, Liv. 2, 10: Apenninus, Verg. A. 12, 703 Wagner: pater Aeneas, id. ib. 1, 699.—Of the creative or generative powers of nature as deities: pater Aether, Lucr. 1, 250: aequoreus, i. e. Ocean, Col. poët. 10, 200.—As an honorable designation applied to senators: principes, qui appellati sunt propter caritatem patres, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14: patres ab honore patriciique progenies eorum appellati, Liv. 1, 8.—Hence, patres = patricii, opp. to plebeii: quā re ad patres censeo revertare: plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 fin.: patres conscripti, v. conscribo: pater patrum, pater sacrorum, pater nomimus, the title given to the high-priest of Mithras, Inscr. Grut. 28, 2; 315, 5; 1102, 2; Inscr. Orell. 5059: patratus, v. h. v. under patro, P. a.—Of the founder of a school: Zeno, pater Stoicorum, Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23; of a teacher, as a source or creator: Isocrates pater eloquentiae, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10: Herodotus pater historiae, id. Leg. 1, 1, 5: pater patriae, the father of his country, of Cicero, Cic. Pis. 3, 6: quem Q. Catulus, quem multi alii saepe in senatu patrem patriae nominarant, id. Sest. 57, 121; cf.: Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit, Juv. 8, 245.—So of Marius: C. Marium quem vere patrem patriae ... possumus dicere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 27; of Trajan, and other emperors: at tu etiam nomen patris patriae recusabas, Plin. Pan. 21; cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 26; id. Ner. 8; cf. also: pater senatūs, Tac. A. 11, 25; Ov. F. 2, 127; id. Tr. 2, 39; 181; id. P. 1, 1, 36: pater orbis, id. F. 3, 72; Stat. S. 1, 4, 95; 4, 8, 20.—As a term of respect: pater Aeneas, Verg. A. 5, 348; esp., to an old man, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36 (920); Verg. A. 5, 521; so id. ib. 533.—
  • E In eccl. Lat., the Supreme Being, God: sicut enim Pater habet vitam in semet ipso, Vulg. Joan. 5, 26: confiteor tibi, Pater Domine caeli et terrae, id. Luc. 10, 21: Pater caelestis, id. Matt. 5, 48; 18, 35: Pater vester qui in caelis est, id. ib. 23, 9: Pater noster, qui es in caelis, id. ib. 6, 9: adorabunt Patrem, id. Joan. 4, 23; id. Act. 1, 7 saep.—*
• F Pater cenae, the host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 7: misericordiarum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 3. —Hence, by way of opposition, *
• G Pater esuritionum, the father of hunger-pains, said of a very poor man who suffers from hunger, Cat. 21, 1.—
• H Of animals, sire: virque paterque gregis, Ov. A. A. 1, 522; Petr. 133 fin.; Col. 6, 37, 4.

pater, tris, m. (altindisch pitār-, griech. πατήρ gotisch fadar), der Vater, I) eig., meton. u. bildl.: A) eig.: pater adoptivus, ICt.: pater mi, Ter.: patre certo nasci, Cic., Ggstz. patre nullo nasci, Liv.: a patre deduci, Cic.: alqm patris loco colere, Cic. – Plur patrēs, die Eltern, Ov. – v. Tieren, vir paterque gregis, Ov.: patris praeferre habitum, Colum. – B) (poet.) meton.: 1) = Vaterliebe, rex patrem vicit, Ov. met. 12, 30: indue mente patrem, Claud. III. cons. Hon. 157. – 2) die Ähnlichkeit des Vaters, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 517. – C) bildl., der Vater = der Urheber einer Sache, Lucr. u. Verg. – II) übtr.: A) von älteren Verwandten: a) = Pflegevater, Ter. adelph. 452. – b) = Schwiegervater, Tac. ann. 1, 59. – B) der Vater als Vorsteher, a) pater familias od. familiae, Hausvater, Hausherr, Cic. u. Caes.; Plur. patres familias, Cic., familiae, Caes., familiarum, Suet. – p. familias auch im allg. zur Bezeichnung eines gewöhnlichen schlichten Bürgers, unus p. fam., Cic. – b) p. cenae, der Gastgeber, Hor. sat. 2, 8, 7. – c) p. esuritionum, Haupt der Hungerleider, von einem sehr Armen, Catull. 21, 1. – C) patres, die Väter = Vorfahren, aetas patrum nostrorum, Cic.: patrum memoriā, Cic. – D) Vater, als Anrede an eine ältere Person, Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 939. p. 140, a). – u. als Ehrentitel, aus Hochachtung wegen des Alters od. wegen genossener Wohltaten, Hor. sat. 1, 3, 126; ep. 1, 7, 37: von Äneas, Verg. Aen. 5, 348 u. ö. – dah. a) pater patriae, Vater des Vaterlandes, ein Ehrenname, Cic. u.a. – b) pater conscriptus, ein Senator, s. cōn-scrībo. – Plur. patres, die Senatoren, der Senat, Cic. u. Liv.; u. Patrizier übh. (Ggstz. plebeii), Cic. ep. 9, 21, 3. – c) von den Göttern, Iuppiter, Cic.: Lemnius, Vulkan, Cic.: Tiberinus pater, Tibergott, Liv.: superûm pater, Mart. – d) pater patratus, der Bundesvater, Bundespriester, der oberste der Fetialen, der die Bündnisse schloß, Cic. – e) von einem Greis, Verg. Aen. 5, 521 u. 533. – ➳ Archaist. Genet. patrus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1469: archaist Dat. Sing. patre, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 182, patrei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 807 u. ö. – vulg. Genet. Plur. patruum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 374, 15.

pater [CL; cf. πατήρ] 1 father. b (as qualifier) the elder. si moritur infans trium annorum sine baptismo, iij annos peniteat [v. l. peniteant] ~er et mater Theod. Pen. I 14. 29; truculentus parricida potius quam pius ~er Aldh. VirgP 47; Aedilberct filius Irminrici, cujus ~er Octa, cujus ~er Oeric Bede HE II 5; filius hominis dicit ~rem suum se posse vertere ubi voluerit DB I 10rb; quod filii fratrum cum ~ris hereditent R. Niger Chr. I 78; hic ~er, a fadyr WW.  b Hugo Dandeleye ~er Ad. Mur. Chr. 35; dominus Bartholomeus de Burghasches ~er Ib. 217. 2 ancestor. Lucas ‥ / septuaginta patrum scribens et nomina septem / e quibus omnipotens regnorum gloria Christus / gignitur Aldh. VirgV 505; sepultus est cum ~ribus suis Bede HE II 7; juxta scripturas patrum viam secutus est Ib. II 20; dormivit cum ~ribus suis V. Fridesw. B 6. 3 (~er legalis, ~er in lege) father-in-law. 1225 ~rem suum in lege DCDurh. Misc. Ch. 6926; a1230 terra quam T. de W. ~er meus in lege tenuit Cart. Wardon f. 32d.; monita ~ris sui legalis memoriter retinens Trokelowe 73; 1390 concessimus ‥ Roberto Clerc ~ri in lege ‥ Ade Colton’ valetti camere nostre quod ipse ad totam vitam ‥ hanc habeat libertatem viz. quod non ponatur in assisis Pat 330 m. 22. 4 sponsor at baptism, godfather. in caticumino et baptismate et confirmatione unus potest esse pater, si necesse est, non est tamen in consuetudine, sed per singulas singuli suscipiunt Theod. Pen. II 4. 8; quem ~res in baptismate vocaverunt Alvredum Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 3. 5 (as honorific title, orig. secular): a (~er conscriptus) member of Roman Senate (also transf.). b (~er patriae) father of the fatherland. c protector, patron. a vos in albo caelesti ~res conscripti Gosc. Lib. Mild. 14; senatores sidereos et in capitolio celesti ~res conscriptos apostolos ‥ elegit Id. Edith (II) 53; eram tunc in curia, et vidi ‥ quod honor ei a summo pontifice ~ribusque conscriptis exhibitus non multum inferior episcoporum reverentia videbatur P. Blois Ep. 126. 377B; hii [sc. cardinales] conscripti merito patres nuncupati / in sollicitudinem cure sunt vocati (Divers. Ordin. 21) Ps.-Map 229; s1339 vos, ~res conscripti, estis in partem sollicitudinis et consilii ‥ summi pontificis ‥ evocati Ad. Mur. Chr. 99.  b comitem ‥ Gislebertum ~rem patrie Ord. Vit. VII 15 p. 229; ille [sc. rex] tanquam patrie ~er atque patronus Gir. PI I 16 p. 56.  c 1166 venerabili ‥ Henrico ‥ Anglorum regi ‥ frater A. indignus minister ‥ salutem ‥ . sciat diligentia vestra, carissime ~er et domine, quod ‥ RBExch 198; quomodo ~er suus Henricus II contulit archiepiscopatum Cant. St. Thome Harclay Thom.; comes Richemondie, specialissimus ~er et amicus fratrum minorum Mon. Francisc. I 513; 1502 excellentissimi et illustrissimi principis ~risque et consanguinei nostri carissimi Henrici ‥ regis Anglie Foed. XIII 50. 6 (of Old Testament character, Adam or patriarch). isti tres [Adam, Enoc, Noe] meliores caeteris ~ribus fuerunt observando pactum circumcisionis Comm. Cant. II 17; sed priscos tantum cur patres pagina prodat, / limpida quos celebrant veterum monumenta librorum Aldh. VirgV 391; opera tanti patris Abraham Bede Ep. Cath. 201; eciam de antiquis ~ribus dictum est quod morientes mortui sunt pleni dierum bonorum T. Chobham Serm. 7. 31rb; nonne dictabit racio / quod plus sit hec transgressio [sc. crucifixio] / quam patris primi vicium? J. Howd. Cyth. 123. 6; de ~ribus Veteris Testamenti Ockham Pol. II 611. 7 (as title deed of eccl. authority): a (of apostle); b (of desert father); c (of patristic author); d (of synodical legislator). e (of spiritual guide or holy man). a jam bis sena simul digessi nomina patrum, / e quibus altithrono conversus credidit orbis Aldh. CE 4. 13. 1; Andreas urbis Patere pater, in cruce pendens Garl. Tri. Eccl. 101.  b cogita quomodo in Vitis ~rum sanctus osculatus est AncrR 38.  c nec minus ‥ stupuit Memphitica tellus / rumores patrum sub caeli culmine claros; / e quis ortus erat felix Athanasius Aldh. VirgV 972; venerabilis ~er Gregorius Bede HE II 1 p. 76; ut ~er Augustinus asserit Bald. Cant. Serm. 2. 34. 435.  d cum eis qui canonica ~rum statuta et diligerent et nossent Bede HE IV 5 p. 214; a799 ne posteris cadant ex memoria praecedentium decreta ~rum Graecorum CS 283; secunda synodos congregata est apud Byzantium, C et L ~rum R. Niger Chr. I 44; hujus rei auctoritas e synodo Urbani papae et decreto Gregorii ‥ et ex multis sanctorum ~rum institutionibus emanavit P. Blois Ep. 73. 226C.  e sic pater in saltu fertur vixisse remotus / ‥ / dum solus soli Christo famularier optat / lubrica fallentis conculcans gaudia saecli Aldh. VirgV 943; s955 rex ‥ egrotavit ‥ qui ‥ confessionum suarum ~rem, beatum ‥ Dunstanum, ‥ accersivit Fl. Worc. I 136; redeundum / jam tunc ad veteres est tibi, Musa, patres L. Durh. Hypog. p. 68; sacerdos ‥ omnium eorum est ~er spiritualis quos ipse baptizat. ‥ si moreretur pater et mater parvuli et etiam patrini, credimus quod sacerdos teneretur instruere parvulum illum pupillum T. Chobham Conf. 96. 8 (in eccl. hierarchy): a (of pope, bishop, or secular priest); b (mon.). a 705 tuque obtime ~er utere prudenti consilio Wealdhere Ep. 23; egregii patris Berthwaldi corpus humatum / tumba tenet praesens ‥ / quem Deus ecclesiis, quas ampla Britannia late / diffusas retinet, censuit esse patrem / Epigr. Milredi 810; 1093 summi ~ris fuit consilium Regesta I 61; dicitur papa quasi ~er ~rum vel custos ~rum Gir. PI I 19 p. 106; 1232 testibus venerabilibus ~ribus P. Wintoniensi et A. Coventrensi et Lichfeldensi episcopis Ch. Chester 310.  b 1005 vitae ‥ regularis monachos inibi constituens, ipse ~ris vice fungens vivensque communiter inter eos abbatem sanctae monachorum congregationi preferre, se vivente, instituit CD 714; Scotlandum ‥ Augustiniana domus ~rem accepit accommodum Gosc. Transl. Aug. 34; abbate Clarevallis ~re abbate de Buellio Mon. Hib. & Scot. 330b; venerabilis in Christo ~ris ‥ abbatis Plusc. VI prol.. 9 (fig., of one who fulfils the role of father): a (as teacher); b (as protector, w. gen.). c (as one in charge). a reverentissimo ~ri meaeque rudis infantiae venerando praeceptori Aldh. Ep. 2 p. 478; 795 piissimi ~res ‥ Alchuinum, filium vestrum, jugiter in corde habete et in ore Alcuin Ep. 42; plus confert ad scientiam disserendi ‥ quam omnes fere libri dialectice quos moderni ~res nostri in scolis legere consueverunt J. Sal. Met. 910C.  b erat multum misericors ‥ ac velut ~er miserorum Bede HE III 14 p. 156; Edelwulf ‥ erat ‥ ~er orphanorum et ‥ ecclesiarum defensor, propagator monasteriorum Ailr. Gen. Regum 351.  c naupicus, ~er navis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 382. 10 cause, author of (w. gen.). b (~er mendacii), father of the lie, Satan. Jupiter ‥ dicitur Diespiter quasi diei ~er Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 160; Adam ~er inobedientie ‥ poculum mortis filiis suis propinavit Bald. Cant. Serm. 1. 13. 565.  b mendacii ~er P. Blois Ep. 65. 192B (v. mendacium 1c); litium ‥ quas mendacii ~er ‥ seminare satagit Conc. I 758a. 11 (of god): a (pagan); b (Christian) God the Father; c (w. gen.); d (w. ref. to fac i 17). a a Bacho qui et Dionisius vocabatur ipse et Liber ~er Aldh. PR 123; Bern. Comm. Aen. 67; 1282 (v. 3 Liber a).  b non modo ~er caelestis non laudatur per opera Gildas EB 92; ~er simul et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus Theod. Laterc. 24; cum pater altithronus Gabrihel misisset ab astris Aldh. VirgV 1695; transivit de hoc mundo ad Patrem Bede HE V 22 p.348; 852 in nomine ~ris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti CS 464; 1004 unicus aeterni patris verbigena substantia CD 710; hanc ‥ oboedientiam debebat homo ille Deo ~ri Anselm (CurD I 9) II 61; ~rem Deum suppliciter deprecantis, dicens, ‘in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum’ Gros. Cess. Leg. III 6 p. 151; 1341 quod Deus ~er potuit produxisse creaturam (v. deus 3a).  c o ~er misericordiarum, suscipe ‥ depositum nostrum J. Ford Serm. 7. 7; ~er misericordiarum et Deus totius consolationis R. Bury Phil. 20. 249.  d Domine Deus meus ‥ tu ~er luminum J. Ford Serm. 12. 6; omne donum perfectum desursum descendens a ~re luminum Ad. Marsh Ep. 168; descendens a ~re luminum R. Bury Phil. 1. 15. 12 (ellipt. for ~er noster) the Lord’s prayer. hincque Pater expressa voce cantatur Garl. Myst. Eccl. add. 151; 1416 qui legis hec pro me Pater unum supplico prome / adjungas et ave, Deus ut me liberet a ve Hist. Durh. 5.

pătĕr, (4) tris, m. (πατήρ), père ¶ 1 tuus et animo et natura pater Ter. Ad. 902, ton père à la fois par le cœur et par le sang ; patre certo nasci Cic. Amer. 46, naître de père connu ¶ 2 pater familias ou familiæ, a) père de famille, maître de maison : Cic. Rep. 5, 4 ; Amer. 48 ; b) bon bourgeois, premier citoyen venu : Cic. de Or. 1, 132 ¶ 3 patres, a) les pères : patrum nostrorum ætas Cic. Or. 18, la génération de nos pères, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 181 ; Off. 3, 47 ; Læl. 6 ; patres majoresque nostri Cic. Cæc. 69, nos pères et nos ancêtres ; b) les sénateurs : Cic. Rep. 2, 14 ; 2, 56, etc., v. conscripti ; c) patriciens [orig^t descendants des chefs de famille qui constituaient le sénat de Romulus Cic. Rep. 2, 23 ] : Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 ¶ 4 [en parl. des dieux] a) pater désigne Jupiter, le père des dieux et des hommes : Virg. G. 1, 328 ; b) [épithète de vénération] auguste, divin : Bacche pater Hor. O. 3, 3, 13, ô vénéré Bacchus ; c) divinité, dieu : Gradivus pater Virg. En. 3, 35, dieu Mars ; pater Lemnius Virg. En. 8, 454, dieu de Lemnos [Vulcain] || [en parl. des hommes] vénérable : pater Æneas Virg. En. 1, 699, le noble Énée ; [en gén., épithète de vénération], cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 37 || pater patriæ, père de la patrie [titre dʼhonneur] : Cic. Pis. 6 ; Sest. 121, et pater senatus Tac. Ann. 11, 25, père du sénat, cf. Ov. F. 2, 127 ¶ 5 père, fondateur : pater Stoicorum Cic. Nat. 3, 23, fondateur du stoïcisme ; eloquentiæ Cic. de Or. 2, 10, père de lʼéloquence, cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 5 ; Ov. F. 3, 72, etc. || pater cenæ Hor. S. 2, 8, 7, lʼamphitryon ¶ 6 père = vieillard : Virg. En. 5, 521 ; 533 ¶ 7 pater patratus, chef des féciaux : Cic. de Or. 2, 137 ; Liv. 1, 24, 6 ; Serv. En. 9, 53 ; 10, 14 ; 12, 206.

➳ arch. : gén. patrus CIL 1, 2289 ; dat. patre CIL 1, 392.

pater , tris. m.
父親。爹。祖宗。主。— patratus 報戰和之大和尙。— Romanus 羅瑪皇帝。— Linaeus. v. bacchus. Caenae pater 擺席者。Magnus vel Summus pater. v. Jupiter. Patres nostri 吾等之祖宗。Patres conscripti 議事廳人。

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• 1 PA-, a father, sire: Tuus hercle vero et animo et naturā pater, T.: patre certo nasci: captivā natus, patre nullo, matre servā, i. e. by an unknown father, L.—Of a fosterfather, T.—Poet.: Rexque patrem vicit, i. e. paternal love, O.—Rarely of animals: virque paterque gregis, O.—In the phrase, pater familias or pater familiae, the head of the household, father of a family, householder; see familia.—Plur, fathers, forefathers, ancestors, progenitors: patrum nostrorum aetas: apud patres nostros.—As a title of reverence or respect: ipse pater Fulmina molitur dextrā, i. e. Jupiter, V.: Lemnius, i. e. Vulcan, V.: Lenaeus, i. e. Bacchus, V.: pater Silvane, H.: Tiberine, L.: pater Aeneas, V.: vel aetate vel curae similitudine patres adpellabantur (senatores), S.: patres ab honore appellati, L.: Zeno, pater Stoicorum: Herodotus historiae: cenae, host, H.: esuritionum (of a starving pauper), Ct.—In the phrase, pater patriae, father of his country: quem patrem patriae nominarant: Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit, Iu.—For the phrase, pater patratus, see patratus.—For the phrase, patres conscripti, see conscriptus.

pater familiās (2) see familia.