I.an estate inherited from a father, a paternal estate, inheritance, patrimony (syn. hereditas).
I. Lit.: “lauta et copiosa,” Cic. Rab. Post. 14; id. Fl. 36, 89: “amplum et copiosum,” id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: “expellere aliquem e patrimonio,” id. ib. 50, 147: “patrimonio ornatissimo spoliari,” id. Sull. 20, 58: “naufragium patrimonii luculentissimi,” id. Phil. 12, 8, 19: “patrimonia effundere,” id. Off. 2, 15, 54: “devorare,” id. Phil. 2, 27, 67: “eripere patrimonium alicui,” id. Sest. 52, 111: “amplificare,” Col. 1 prooem. § 7; Aug. Mon. Ancyr. et saep.; Juv. 14, 116; Gai. Inst. 2, 1; 3, 42. —
II. Trop.: “in populi Romani patrimonio,” Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101: “ut plebem tribus suis patrimoniis deleniret,” id. Mil. 35, 95: “Mucius quasi patrimonii propugnator sui,” inheritance, id. de Or. 1, 57, 244: “paterni nominis,” id. Dom. 58, 146.
