The corpus record — Latin

patriarcha

patriarcha · m

the father

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
De Fide Catholica 1 · 5.19/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 3 · 2.67/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Adversus Praxean 2 · 1.35/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pătrĭarcha — Lewis & Short

pătrĭarcha and pătrĭarches, ae, m., = patria/rxhs,

I the father or chief of a tribe, a patriarch.

I Lit.: secundum patriarchas et ceteros majores, Tert. Idol. 17; id. Cor. Mil. 9; Prud. Psych. 534; Vulg. 1 Par. 8, 28; id. Act. 7, 8.—Gen. plur. patriarchūm, Paul. Nol. Carm. 24, 209.—

B Transf., a chief bishop, a patriarch, Vop. Firm. Saturn. 8, 4.—

II Trop.: philosophi, patriarchae ut ita dixerim, haereticorum, Tert. Anim. 3.

In the wild

patriarchas Tertullian, Adversus Praxean 16
patriarchas Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.25
patriarchae Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 42.3
patriarchae Tertullian, De Anima 55
patriarcha Prudentius, Dittochaeon 6.24
patriarchas Tertullian, De idolatria 17

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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