parēns entis （gen plur. entum and entium), m and f
P. of pario,
a procreator, father, mother, parent
: parenti potius quam amori obsequi,
T.: ex parenti meo ita accepi,
S.: tuus: amandus, H.: alma parens Idaea deum, V.: cum is tibi parentis numero fuisset: sibi parentis loco esse, i. e.
to be revered as a father
, L.: suos parentīs
repperit, T.: (caritas) inter natos et
parentes: parentes cum liberis, Cs.—
A grandparent, progenitor, ancestor
(of recent generations; more remote ancestors are maiores): Siciliam ac
Sardiniam parentibus nostris ereptas recuperare, L.: more parentum,
ancestral
, V.—Plur,
relations, kinsfolk, kindred
(of brothers and cousins), Cu.— Fig.,
a father, founder, inventor, author
: me urbis parentem esse dixerunt: Socrates philosophiae:
(Mercurius) lyrae parens, H.: parentis
laudes, i. e.
Jupiter
, H.
