brother

brother.

• Brother, hello and good-bye. (Catullus)

frāter, tris, m. [Sanscr. bhrātā; Gr. phratêr, phratôr, clansman; Goth. brothar; Engl. brother], a brother.

Lit.:

frater mi, salve,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 58; cf.:

mi frater, mi frater, mi frater, tune id veritus es? etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

amabo te, mi frater, ne, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

L. frater meus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25:

uxores habent inter se communes: et maxime fratres cum fratribus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14, 4; cf.:

fratrem a fratre renuntiatum,

id. ib. 7, 33, 3:

et filius et fratris filius,

id. ib. 5, 27, 2:

fratris filia,

Plin. Ep. 8, 11, 1:

fratres gemini,

twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 41:

fratres gemelli,

Ov. H. 8, 77;

also in the reverse order: gemini fratres,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 5, 6; Suet. Caes. 10; Verg. A. 7, 670; Ov. H. 17, 250 (and therefore wrongly censured by Quint.:

quaedam ordine permutato fiunt supervacua, ut fratres gemini: nam si praecesserint gemini, fratres addere non est necesse,

Quint. 9, 4, 24).— Also in sing.: To. Hic ejus geminus est frater. Do. Hiccine'st? To. Ac geminissimus. Do. Di deaeque et te et geminum fratrem excrucient, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49 sq.:

venimus fratrem quaesitum geminum germanum meum,

my full twin-brother, id. Men. 2, 1, 7; cf.:

spes mihi est, vos inventuros fratres germanos duos Geminos, una matre natos et patre uno uno die,

id. ib. 5, 9, 43:

Cn. Phaenius... frater germanus Q. Titinii,

full brother, own brother, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Font. 17, 36:

fratres uterini,

brothers by the same mother, uterine brothers, Cod. Just. 5, 62, 21: fratribus illa (templa) deis fratres de gente deorum Circa Juturnae composuere lacus, the brothers of a race of gods (Tiberius and Drusus), descended from the divine brothers (Castor and Pollux), Ov. F. 1, 707.—Of the giants:

fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:

conjurati fratres,

Verg. G. 1, 280.— Poet. of dogs:

et Thous et Cyprio velox cum fratre Lycisca,

Ov. M. 3, 220; Grat. Cyneg. 299.

Transf.

Like our word brother, as a familiar appellation of friends and lovers.

In gen.:

quam copiose laudatur Apronius a Timarchide... Volo, mi frater, fraterculo tuo credas: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audacia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155:

frater, pater, adde: Ut cuique est aetas, ita quemque facetus adopta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 54:

frater erat Romae consulti rhetor,

id. ib. 2, 2, 87:

eheu cicatricum et sceleris pudet Fratrumque,

i. e. of dear fellow-citizens, id. C. 1, 35, 34; Juv. 5, 135; cf. Phaedr. 1, 31, 5.—So freq. of civil wars:

gaudent perfusi sanguine fratrum,

Verg. G. 2, 510:

crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratrum,

Lucr. 3, 70.—

In partic.

Of lovers:

nisi intercederent mihi inimicitiae cum istius mulieris viro: fratre volui dicere: semper hic erro,

Cic. Cael. 13, 32; cf. Tib. 3, 1, 23; Mart. 2, 4, 3; 10, 65, 14 (cf. soror); Petr. 9, 2.—

In publicists' lang., an honorary title given to allies:

Aedui, fratres consanguineique saepenumero a senatu appellati,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 2; 2, 3, 5:

non modo hostes, sed etiam fratres nostri Aedui,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10 fin.:

Aedui fratres nostri pugnant,

id. Att. 1, 19, 2 (cf. fraternitas). —

Fratres for brother and sister (as also the Gr. adelphoi):

Lucius et Titia fratres emancipati a patre,

Dig. 10, 2, 38:

tres fratres, Titius, Naevius et Seia,

ib. 2, 14, 35:

fratrum incestus, amor,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

INFANTIBVS HILARIONI ET REVOCATAE FRATRIBVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4583.—

Like Gr. adelphos, of near kindred.

Frater patruelis, a cousin, a father's brother's son:

hic illius frater patruelis et socer T. Torquatus,

Cic. Planc. 11, 27; cf.:

L. Cicero frater noster, cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 1; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 10;

for which simply frater,

Cic. Clu. 24, 60; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; Cat. 66, 22; Ov. H. 8, 28; id. M. 13, 31; Tac. A. 3, 38; 11, 9; Just. 17, 3; Cic. Post Red. in Sen. 10, 25.—

Perh. also for levir (cf. the Fr. beaufrère), a brother-in-law, sister's husband:

prope attonitus ipso congressu Numida, gratias de fratris filio remisso agit,

Liv. 28, 35, 8 (cf. id. 27, 19, 9).—

Fratres Arvales, a college of priests; v. arvalis.—

Frater Solis et Lunae, the title of the Parthian kings, Amm. 17, 5; 23, 5.—

Of things of a like kind (so, too, the Gr. adelphos; cf.

also soror): aspicies illic positos ex ordine fratres (i. e. libros),

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 107; so Mart. 12, 3, 6.—As a proper name:

(In Mauretania) montes sunt alti, qui... ob numerum Septem, ob similitudinem Fratres nuncupantur,

Mel. 1, 5, 5; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 18; Sol. 25 (in Ptolemy, Hepta adelphoi; cf. Mann. Afr. 2, p. 459).

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ăvuncŭlus (AVOMCVLVS and AVONCLVS, Fabr. Gloss. p. 227, a), i, m. dim. [avus; cf. Lith. avynas, uncle], a mother ' s brother, maternal uncle (a brother of the father, patruus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 341; Verg. A. 3, 343; Plin. 5, 8, 6, § 20; Vulg. Gen. 28, 2; 29, 10:

uxor patrui vel avunculi,

ib. Lev. 20, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 17; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10 P.—Hence,

Esp.

Avunculus magnus, a grandmother ' s brother (aviae frater), great-uncle, Cic. Brut. 62, 222; Dig. 38, 10, 1; 38, 10, 10; Isid. Orig. 9, 16, 26.—

Avunculus major, a brother of the great-grandmother, greatgreat-uncle (proaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., proavunculus).—

Avunculus maximus, a brother of the great-greatgrandmother (abaviae frater), Dig. l. l. (in Isid. Orig. l. l., abavunculus).—In the histt. sometimes avunculus major = avunculus magnus, brother of the grandmother, Vell. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 7; id. Claud. 3; and avunculus absol. = avunculus major, Tac. A. 2, 43; 2, 53; 4, 75.—

Transf., the husband of the mother ' s sister, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 17.

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pā̆trŭēlis, e (abl. patruele, Nep. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 113 P.), adj. [patruus], of or descended from a father's brother (cf. consobrinus, descended from a mother's sister).

Lit.: patrueles marium fratrum filii;

consobrini ex duabus editi sororibus,

Non. 557, 12:

item fratres patrueles, sorores patrueles, id est qui quaeve ex duobus fratribus progenerantur,

Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 10:

frater tuus erat frater patruelis meus,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 109:

L. Cicero frater noster cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,

my cousin by blood, my brother in affection, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

frater,

id. Planc. 11, 27.—

Subst.: pā̆trŭēlis, is, comm., a father's brother's son or daughter, a cousin:

patruelis suus,

his cousin, Suet. Dom. 15:

alterum e patruelibus,

id. ib. 10:

patruelis nulla,

Pers. 6, 52; Amm. 15, 8, 1. —

Transf., a father's sister's son, a cousin, Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf., of or belonging to a father's brother's child or children, of one's cousin or cousins ( poet.):

patruelia regna,

i. e. of Danaus, Ov. H. 14, 61: patruelia dona, i. e. the arms of Achilles (whose father was the brother of Ajax's father), id. M. 13, 41:

origo,

id. ib. 1, 352.

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.

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a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].

To be born in addition to; commonly,

Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,

Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—

Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

viscum in quercu adgnasci,

Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—

Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.

Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—

Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

con-sors, sortis, adj. m. and f.

Sharing property with one (as brother, sister, relative), living in community of goods, partaking of in common:

consortes, ad quos eadem sors,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 65 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 296, 7 ib.:

consortes tres fratres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

frater,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4:

consortem socium fallere,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 60.—Hence, subst.: consors, sortis, m. and f., a sharer, partner:

consors censoris,

Liv. 41, 27, 2; Vell. 1, 10, 6:

de consortibus ejusdem litis,

Cod. Just. 3, 40:

quae (arx) data est heredibus,

Verg. Cir. 14. —Hence,

Poet., of or belonging to a brother or sister, regarded as common heirs, etc.:

pectora = sorores,

Ov. M. 13, 663:

sanguis,

id. ib. 8, 444.—Hence, subst.: con-sors, sortis, m. and f., a brother, a sister:

Romulus nondum fundaverat Moenia, consorti non habitanda Remo,

Tib. 2, 5, 24; Ov. M. 11, 347; 6, 94:

consortem Phoebi colere deam (Dianam),

id. P. 3, 2, 48; id. H. 13, 61 al.—

Transf., dividing something with one, having an equal share, partaking of, sharing; subst., a colleague, partner, comrade (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. per.).

Of personal subjects.

With gen.:

consors mecum temporum illorum,

Cic. Mil. 37, 102:

gloriosi laboris (with socius),

id. Brut. 1, 2:

mendacitatis,

id. Fl. 15, 35:

culpae,

Ov. F. 3, 492; cf.

vitiorum,

Vell. 2, 94:

tori,

Ov. M. 1, 319:

thalami,

a wife, id. ib. 10, 246 (cf.:

socia tori,

id. ib. 8, 521):

sacrorum caerimoniarumque,

Curt. 10, 7, 2:

studiorum,

Sen. Ep. 7, 9:

generis et necis,

Ov. H. 3, 47:

urbis,

id. P. 3, 2, 82:

tribuniciae potestatis (together with collega imperii),

Tac. A. 1, 3; cf.

imperii,

Suet. Oth. 8.—

With in:

in lucris atque in furtis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:

vis animi (cum corpore)... nisi erit consors in origine primā,

Lucr. 3, 771.—

Absol., of colleagues in power, Suet. Tit. 9:

omnisque potestas impatiens consortis erit,

Luc. 1, 93:

Romuli,

Suet. Tib. 1.— Poet. of that which is shared:

(corpus et animus) consorti praedita vitā,

Lucr. 3, 332.—

Of things as subjects, of the same condition, common ( poet. and rare):

tecta,

Verg. G. 4, 153:

casus,

Prop. 1, 21, 1.

pā̆trŭus, i, m. [pater, like the Sanscr. pitrivya, patruus, from pitri], a father's brother, paternal uncle (opp. avunculus, a mother's brother, maternal uncle); cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.

Lit.:

L. Cicero patruus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2:

tutor et patruus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; Hor. S. 1, 6, 131:

patruus magnus = frater avi,

Dig. 38, 10, 10:

patruus major = frater proavi,

Tac. A. 12, 22; Dig. 38, 10, 10: major patruus = avi et aviae patruus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.:

patruus maximus = frater abavi,

id. ib. Fragm. 17; plur., Juv. 1, 158; 6, 567.—

Transf., a severe reprover (as uncles are apt to co towards their nephews):

pertristis quidam patruus, censor, magister,

Cic. Cael. 11, 25:

ne sis patruus mihi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 88:

cum sapimus patruos,

Pers. 1, 11; Manil. 5, 449.

pătrŭus, a, um, adj. [1. patruus], of or belonging to a father's brother, of an uncle ( poet.): patruae verbera linguae, an uncle's, Hor C. 3, 12, 2:

ense cadit patruo,

Ov. F. 4, 55 (al. patrui).—Comically in sup.:

patrue mi patruissime,

my uncle, my best of uncles! Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; 26.

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