belonging to a relalive

frāternus, a, um, adj. [frater], brotherly, fraternal.

Lit.:

sese et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi commoveri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 3:

tametsi in ipso fraterno parricidio nullum scelus praetermissum videtur, tamen, etc.... ab hereditate fraterna excludi,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31: acerba fata Romanos agunt, Scelusque fraternae necis, of fratricide (committed by Romulus), Hor. Epod. 7, 18; cf.:

fraterno primi maduerunt sanguine muri,

Luc. 1, 95; so,

sanguis,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 16:

lyra (because given to Apollo by his brother Mercury),

id. C. 1, 21, 12:

mores,

of Zethus, brother of Amphion, id. Ep. 1, 18, 43: undae, of Neptune (as brother of Jupiter), Ov. M. 7, 367: invidia, against his brother (shortly before:

fratris invidia),

Sall. J. 39 fin. —

Transf.

Of or belonging to a relalive or kinsman:

frater erat, fraterna peto,

the arms of his cousin Achilles, Ov. M. 13, 31:

pectora,

Val. Fl. 1, 163:

fama,

id. ib. 1, 178.—

(Acc. to frater, II. A.) Brotherly, fraternal, i. e. closely allied, friendly:

propter amorem in nos fraternum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10:

pro fraterna illa necessitudine,

id. Quint. 4, 16:

animi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 4:

foedus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 35.—

Poet., of animals yoked together:

it tristis arator Maerentem abjungens fraterna morte juvencum,

of his companion, Verg. G. 3, 518.—Hence, adv.: frāterne.

In a brotherly manner:

quare facis tu quidem fraterne, quod me hortaris, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.—

Heartily, affectionately:

tibi persuadeas, te a me fraterne amari,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.