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patrona

patrona, a protectress, patroness

pā̆trōna, ae, f [patronus], a protectress, patroness.
  • I Lit.
    • A In gen.: bonam atque opsequentem deam atque haut gravatam patronam execuntur, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 4 (262): te mihi patronam capio. Thais, Ter. Eun. 887 cum lex ipsa sociorum atque amicorum populi Romani patrona sit. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 65.—
    • B In partic., the mistress of a freedman, a patroness, Plin. Ep. 10, 4, 2.—
  • II Trop., a protectress: provocatio patrona illa civitatis ac vindex libertatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Mart. 7, 72, 14.—Of the tongue, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 26 (282).

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