Of or pertaining to the Roman patres ("fathers") or senators, or patricians.
Of, or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
A person of high birth; a nobleman.
Of or pertaining to a slave.
Not belonging to the original root.
Slavish or submissive.
Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
A slave; a menial.
An element which forms no part of the original root.