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Latin
Etymology
From patruus (“father's brother”) + -ēlis.
Pronunciation
Noun
patruēlis m or f (genitive patruēlis); third declension
- A first cousin on the father's side; the child of one's father's brother (one type of parallel cousin).
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Adjective
patruēlis (neuter patruēle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of, belonging to or descending from one's father's brother
- (rare) of, belonging to or descending from one's father's sister
56 BCE,
Cicero,
Pro Caelio 24.60:
- quonam modo ille furenti fratri suo consularis restitisset, qui consul eum incipientem furere atque tonantem sua se manu interfecturum audiente senatu dixerit?
- How would that consular was beginning his ravings and thundering forth, said before the listening Senate that he would slay him with his own hand?
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
See also
References
- “patruelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “patruelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- patruelis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Gelzer, Matthias (1968) Caesar: Politician and Statesman, →ISBN, page 77, note 2: “Clodius is described as Celer’s cousin (frater) because Clodius’ father […] was married to Metella, the sister of Celer’s father”