paternus

păternus, a, um, adj. [pater], of or belonging to a father, fatherly, paternal (said of the property, possessions, external relations, etc., of a father; while patrius is used of that which belongs essentially to his nature, dignity, or duty; hence, in good prose: patrius amor, animus, patria potestas, patrium jus; but paterni agri, liberi, servi, liberti, etc.).

I.

Lit.:

injuria,

against the father, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 39:

haud paternum istuc dedisti,

id. Ad. 3, 4, 4:

horti,

Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 34:

libertus,

id. Fl. 36, 89:

bona paterna et avita,

id. Cael. 14, 34:

hospitium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25:

regna,

Verg. A. 3, 121:

res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 26:

animus,

id. C. 2, 2, 6:

paterni animi indoles (a weaker expression than patrii, v. Weissenb. ad loc., and cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 833),

Liv. 9, 4, 9:

irae,

id. 2, 61:

vel paternam vel avitam gloriam consequi,

Cic. Brut. 33, 126:

civitatem paterno consilio florentissimam accipere,

id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

paternum maternumque genus et nomen,

id. Phil. 10, 6, 14. —

B.

Also (acc. to pater, II. B.), ancestral, of or belonging to forefathers (late Lat.):

sepulchra paterna,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 39:

mos,

id. Act. 28, 17:

traditio,

id. 1 Pet. 1, 18.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Of one's native country:

paterni Fluminis ripae,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 5:

terra,

Ov. H. 13, 100.—

B.

Of animals, Col. 6, 37, 2:

color,

id. 7, 2, 5.—

C.

In gram.:

casus paternus,

the genitive case, Prisc. p. 670 P.