I.of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (said of the property, possessions, external relations, etc., of a father; while patrius is used of that which belongs essentially to his nature, dignity, or duty; hence, in good prose: patrius amor, animus, patria potestas, patrium jus; but paterni agri, liberi, servi, liberti, etc.).
I. Lit.: “injuria,” against the father, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39: “haud paternum istuc dedisti,” id. Ad. 3, 4, 4: “horti,” Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 34: “libertus,” id. Fl. 36, 89: “bona paterna et avita,” id. Cael. 14, 34: “hospitium,” Caes. B. C. 2, 25: “regna,” Verg. A. 3, 121: “res,” Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 26: “animus,” id. C. 2, 2, 6: “paterni animi indoles (a weaker expression than patrii, v. Weissenb. ad loc., and cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 833),” Liv. 9, 4, 9: “irae,” id. 2, 61: “vel paternam vel avitam gloriam consequi,” Cic. Brut. 33, 126: “civitatem paterno consilio florentissimam accipere,” id. de Or. 1, 9, 38: “paternum maternumque genus et nomen,” id. Phil. 10, 6, 14. —
B. Also (acc. to pater, II. B.), ancestral, of or belonging to forefathers (late Lat.): “sepulchra paterna,” Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 39: “mos,” id. Act. 28, 17: “traditio,” id. 1 Pet. 1, 18.—
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