păternus — Lewis & Short
păternus, a, um, adj.pater,
I 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.