patrona

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pā̆trōna, ae, f [patronus], a protectress, patroness.

I Lit.

A In gen.: bonam atque opsequentem deam atque haut gravatam patronam execuntur, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 4: te mihi patronam capio. Thais, Ter. Eun. 887 cum lex ipsa sociorum atque amicorum populi Romani patrona sit. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 65.—

B In partic., the mistress of a freedman , a patroness , Plin. Ep. 10, 4, 2.—

II Trop., a protectress : provocatio patrona illa civitatis ac vindex libertatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Mart. 7, 72, 14.—Of the tongue, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 26.

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