pā^trŭēlis — Lewis & Short
pā^trŭēlis, e (adj.patruus,
abl. patruele, Nep. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 113 P.),I of or descended from a father's brother (cf. consobrinus, descended from a mother's sister).
I Lit.: patrueles marium fratrum filii;
consobrini ex duabus editi sororibus,Non. 557, 12:
item fratres patrueles, sorores patrueles, id est qui quaeve ex duobus fratribus progenerantur,Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 10:
frater tuus erat frater patruelis meus,Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 109:
L. Cicero frater noster cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,my cousin by blood, my brother in affection, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:
frater,id. Planc. 11, 27.—
B Subst.: pā^trŭēlis, is, comm., a father's brother's son or daughter, a cousin:
patruelis suus,his cousin, Suet. Dom. 15:
alterum e patruelibus,id. ib. 10:
patruelis nulla,Pers. 6, 52; Amm. 15, 8, 1. —
2 Transf., a father's sister's son, a cousin, Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
II Transf., of or belonging to a father's brother's child or children, of one's cousin or cousins (poet.):
patruelia regna,i. e. of Danaus, Ov. H. 14, 61: patruelia dona, i. e. the arms of Achilles (whose father was the brother of Ajax's father), id. M. 13, 41:
origo,id. ib. 1, 352.