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patronos

patronos is a Latin form of patronus, meaning “patron, protector; advocate (in court)”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun.

Found 43 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.40.7: Litaviccus cum suis clientibus, quibus more Gallorum nefas est etiam in extrema fortuna deserere patronos, Gergoviam profugit.

Plautus, Menaechmi 4.2.581: sollícitos patrónos habént.

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.