pā̆trĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [pater], 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.