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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [paˈtrɪ.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [paˈtriː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''patricius''' (feminine patricia, neuter patricium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from ⟨patr-⟩, the stem of [[pater]] “father”, with the suffix [[-icius]], referring to the ⟨patrēs⟩, the senators.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Monumentum Ancyranum spells it ⟨patritius⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore says the patricians were so called because they provide for the state as fathers for their sons.^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of patrician rank.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant patrician in rank, as in Plautus and Cicero, and of or belonging to the patricians, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a noun a ''patricius'' was a patrician, and the ''vīcus patricius'' a street between the Esquiline and Viminal, as in Martial.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin a ''patricius'' was a patrician, a distinguished citizen.^(Stelten 1995) In late and Medieval Latin it was an honorary title of high officials at the imperial court.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|patrician]] came in the early 15th century through Old French, and the name ''Patricius'' gave Old Irish ''Patraicc'' and [[en|Patrick]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of what belongs to patricians.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''patrician'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Patrician]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of the patricians.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A patrician.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late and Medieval Latin)'' A title of high officials.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[expatricius]]
+ * [[patriciātus]]
+ * [[patriciolus]]
+ * [[patricia]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[pater]]
+ * [[patrēs]]
+ * [[en|patrician]]
+ * [[en|Patrick]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}