patricius

patricius adj.

pater, of fatherly dignity, of senatorial rank, of the patricians, patrician, noble : gens, S.: nisi qui patricius sit.—As subst m . and f a patrician, nobleman, noble lady , C., L.— Plur, the patricians, nobility : patres ab honore, patriciique progenies eorum appellati, L.: exire e patriciis, to be adopted into a plebeian family .