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patrocinium

patrocinium · n

pro tection

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Where it lives

Phocion 1 · 18.76/10k
De Corona 6 · 12.34/10k
Historiae 2 · 4.93/10k
Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 2 · 4.65/10k
Pro M. Scauro 1 · 3.37/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 2 · 3.14/10k
Suasoriae 3 · 2.92/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 5 · 2.33/10k
Controversiae 15 · 2.27/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pā^trōcĭnĭum — Lewis & Short

pā^trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n.patrocinor,

I pro tection, defence, patronage (cf.: praesidium, clientela, tutela).

I In gen.: patrocinia appellari coepta, cum plebs distributa est inter patres, ut eorum opibus tuta esset, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: illud patrocinium orbis terrae verius, quam imperium poterat nominari, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27: cujus patrocinio civitas plurimum utebatur, Sall. C. 41, 4; id. Or. Philippi contra Lepid.: utraque factio Macedonum patrociniis nitebatur, Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Inscr. Grut. 354, 1. —

B Trop., defence, protection: voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67: voluptas plurimorum patrociniis defenditur, id. Par. 1, 3, 15: mollitiae, Liv. 5, 6: difficultatis patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae, Quint. 1, 12, 16; cf. id. 10, 1, 28: causa patrocinio non bona pejor erit, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 26; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23. —

II In partic., a defence in a court of justice, a pleading: hoc dicendi genus ad patrocinia mediocriter aptum videbatur, Cic. Brut. 29, 112: legitimarum et civilium controversiarum patrocinia suscipere, id. Or. 34, 120: arripere patrocinium aequitatis, id. de Or. 1, 57, 242: aliquae (controversiae) in meum quoque inciderunt patrocinium, Quint. 7, 2, 5; 5, 13, 40: patrocinium feneratorum, Liv. 6, 15.—

B Transf., concr.: patrocinia, persons defended, clients, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1.

In the wild

patrocinium Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 p47
patrocinio Tertullian, De Corona 2
patrocinio Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.29
patrocinio Cicero, De Lege Agraria 2.25
patrociniis Tertullian, De Pudicitia 6
patrociniorum Apuleius, Apologia 66.p2

6 of 153 attestations shown.

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