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).
I 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.—
B 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. —
2 Transf., a father's sister's son , a cousin , Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
II 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.