patricius adj.
pater,
of fatherly dignity, of senatorial rank, of the patricians, patrician,
noble
: gens, S.: nisi qui
patricius sit.—As subst
m
. and f
a patrician, nobleman, noble lady
, C., L.— Plur,
the patricians, nobility
: patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum
appellati, L.: exire e patriciis,
to be adopted into a plebeian family
.