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

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: bonam atque opsequentem deam atque haut gravatam patronam execuntur, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 4: te mihi patronam capio. Thais, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 48 cum lex ipsa sociorum atque amicorum populi Romani patrona sit. Cic. Div in Caecil. 20, 65.
    2. B. In partic., the mistress of a freedman, a patroness, Plin. Ep. 10, 4, 2.
  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.

pā̆trōnālis, e, adj. [patrocinor], of or belonging to a patron: verecundia, towards one’s patron, Dig. 39, 5, 20: HONOR, Inscr. Grut 1101, 1 (al. PATRONATVS HONOR).

pā̆trōnātus, ūs, m. [patrocinor], the character and condition of a patron, patronship, patronage (late Lat.; cf. patrocinium), Inscr. Murat. 564, 1: jus patronatus, the sum of the rights of a patron over his freedman, Dig. 37, tit. 14 (v Sandars ad Just. Inst. 1, 5, 3): omni commodo patronatus carere, Dig. 37, 14, 3: amissi patronatus jus recipere, ib. 21