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patroni

patroni is a Latin form of patronus, meaning “patron, protector; advocate (in court)”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or nominative plural masculine noun.

Found 66 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 34: … on est ferendum. nam per deos immortalis! quid est in hac causa quod defensionis indigeat? qui locus ingenium patroni requirit aut oratoris eloquentiam magno opere desiderat? totam causam, iudices, explicemus atque ante oculos …

Cicero, Letters to Atticus 5.11.6: … rem a vestro Ariopago tollerent quem Polycharmo praetore fecerant, commodius visum est et Xenoni et post ipsi Patroni me ad Memmium scribere, qui pridie quam ego Athenas veni Mytilenas profectus erat, ut is ad suos scriberet po …

All forms of patronus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.