patruelis

Latin

Etymology

From patruus (“father's brother”) +‎ -ēlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.truˈeː.lis/, [pät̪ruˈeːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.truˈe.lis/, [pät̪ruˈɛːlis]

Noun

patruēlis m or f (genitive patruēlis); third declension

1. A first cousin on the father's side; the child of one's father's brother (one type of parallel cousin).

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	patruēlis	patruēlēs
Genitive	patruēlis	patruēlium
Dative	patruēlī	patruēlibus
Accusative	patruēlem	patruēlēs patruēlīs
Ablative	patruēle	patruēlibus
Vocative	patruēlis	patruēlēs

Adjective

patruēlis (neuter patruēle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of, belonging to or descending from one's father's brother
2. (rare) of, belonging to or descending from one's father's sister
   • 56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caelio 24.60:

     quonam modo ille furenti fratri suo [some manuscripts: patrueli] consularis restitisset, qui consul eum incipientem furere atque tonantem sua se manu interfecturum audiente senatu dixerit?

     How would that consular [i.e. Q. Metellus Celer] have resisted the madness of his cousin [brother from his father’s sister; i.e. P. Clodius Pulcher^[1]]—he, who when he was consul and [his cousin] was beginning his ravings and thundering forth, said before the listening Senate that he would slay him with his own hand?

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	patruēlis	patruēle		patruēlēs	patruēlia
Genitive	patruēlis			patruēlium
Dative	patruēlī			patruēlibus
Accusative	patruēlem	patruēle		patruēlēs patruēlīs	patruēlia
Ablative	patruēlī			patruēlibus
Vocative	patruēlis	patruēle		patruēlēs	patruēlia

See also

• mātruēlis

References

• “patruelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patruelis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patruelis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

1. Gelzer, Matthias (1968) Caesar: Politician and Statesman, →ISBN, page 77, note 2: “Clodius is described as Celer’s cousin (frater) because Clodius’ father […] was married to Metella, the sister of Celer’s father”