of the Cornelian patricians

pā̆trĭcĭus ( pā̆trĭtĭus, Aug. Mon. Ancyr.), a, um, adj. [patres], of the rank or dignity of the patres; belonging to the patricians, patrician, noble (cf. nobilis):

patricii pueri,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 5:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; Vell. 2, 59, 2: gens, Juv. 10, 332:

sanguis,

Pers. 1, 61:

ostrum,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 97: Patricius Vicus Romae dictus eo, quod ibi patricii habitaverunt (the mod. Via Urbana), Fest. p. 221 Müll.—

Subst.: pā̆trĭcĭus, i (usu. plur., pā̆trĭcĭi, ōrum), m., a patrician, a member of the Roman nobility, divided into patricii majorum and minorum gentium (of the older and younger families):

olim patricii dicebant, plebiscitis se non teneri,

Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati,

Liv. 1, 8 fin.:

patricios Cincius ait appellari solitos, qui nunc ingenui vocentur,

Fest. p. 241 Müll.; Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

patricii minorum gentium,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 2:

(Sulla) primus e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari,

of the Cornelian patricians, id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

exire e patriciis,

to pass, by adoption, into a plebeian family, id. Dom. 14, 37; Juv. 8, 190; 1, 24.—In sing.:

nisi qui patricius sit,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. Brut. 16, 62.—

From the time of the emperor Constantine, patricius became the title of a person high in office at court, Inscr. Grut. 1076, 2; Sid. 2, 90.

pā̆trĭcĭus ( pā̆trĭtĭus, Aug. Mon. Ancyr.), a, um, adj. [patres], of the rank or dignity of the patres; belonging to the patricians, patrician, noble (cf. nobilis):

patricii pueri,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 5:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; Vell. 2, 59, 2: gens, Juv. 10, 332:

sanguis,

Pers. 1, 61:

ostrum,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 97: Patricius Vicus Romae dictus eo, quod ibi patricii habitaverunt (the mod. Via Urbana), Fest. p. 221 Müll.—

Subst.: pā̆trĭcĭus, i (usu. plur., pā̆trĭcĭi, ōrum), m., a patrician, a member of the Roman nobility, divided into patricii majorum and minorum gentium (of the older and younger families):

olim patricii dicebant, plebiscitis se non teneri,

Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati,

Liv. 1, 8 fin.:

patricios Cincius ait appellari solitos, qui nunc ingenui vocentur,

Fest. p. 241 Müll.; Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

patricii minorum gentium,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 2:

(Sulla) primus e patriciis Corneliis igni voluit cremari,

of the Cornelian patricians, id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

exire e patriciis,

to pass, by adoption, into a plebeian family, id. Dom. 14, 37; Juv. 8, 190; 1, 24.—In sing.:

nisi qui patricius sit,

Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. Brut. 16, 62.—

From the time of the emperor Constantine, patricius became the title of a person high in office at court, Inscr. Grut. 1076, 2; Sid. 2, 90.