frāternus — Lewis & Short
frāternus, a, um, adj.frater,
I brotherly, fraternal.
I Lit.:
sese et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi commoveri,Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 3:
tametsi in ipso fraterno parricidio nullum scelus praetermissum videtur, tamen, etc. ... ab hereditate fraterna excludi,Cic. Clu. 11, 31: acerba fata Romanos agunt, Scelusque fraternae necis, of fratricide (committed by Romulus), Hor. Epod. 7, 18; cf.:
fraterno primi maduerunt sanguine muri,Luc. 1, 95; so,
sanguis,Hor. S. 2, 5, 16:
lyra (because given to Apollo by his brother Mercury),id. C. 1, 21, 12:
mores,of Zethus, brother of Amphion, id. Ep. 1, 18, 43: undae, of Neptune (as brother of Jupiter), Ov. M. 7, 367: invidia, against his brother (shortly before:
fratris invidia),Sall. J. 39 fin.—
II Transf.
A Of or belonging to a relalive or kinsman:
frater erat, fraterna peto,the arms of his cousin Achilles, Ov. M. 13, 31:
pectora,Val. Fl. 1, 163:
fama,id. ib. 1, 178.—
B (Acc. to frater, II. A.) Brotherly, fraternal, i. e. closely allied, friendly:
propter amorem in nos fraternum,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10:
pro fraterna illa necessitudine,id. Quint. 4, 16:
animi,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 4:
foedus,id. ib. 1, 3, 35.—
C Poet., of animals yoked together:
it tristis arator Maerentem abjungens fraterna morte juvencum,of his companion, Verg. G. 3, 518.—Hence, adv.: frāterne.
1 In a brotherly manner:
quare facis tu quidem fraterne, quod me hortaris, sed, etc.,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 2.—
2 Heartily, affectionately:
tibi persuadeas, te a me fraterne amari,Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.