patrocinium

English

Etymology

From Latin patrōcinium.

Noun

patrocinium (uncountable)

1. (historical) The distinctive relationship in Ancient Roman society between a patron and a client.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatrot͡sɪɲɪjum]
• Hyphenation: pa‧tro‧ci‧ni‧um

Noun

patrocinium n

1. patronage

Declension

Declension of patrocinium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	patrocinium	patrocinia
genitive	patrocinia	patrocinií
dative	patrociniu	patrociniím
accusative	patrocinium	patrocinia
vocative	patrocinium	patrocinia
locative	patrociniu	patrociniích
instrumental	patrociniem	patrocinii

Further reading

• “patrocinium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “patrocinium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Latin

Etymology

From patrōcinor +‎ -ium.

Noun

patrōcinium n (genitive patrōciniī or patrōcinī); second declension

1. protection, defence
2. patronage

   Synonym: patrōnātus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	patrōcinium	patrōcinia
genitive	patrōciniī patrōcinī1	patrōciniōrum
dative	patrōciniō	patrōciniīs
accusative	patrōcinium	patrōcinia
ablative	patrōciniō	patrōciniīs
vocative	patrōcinium	patrōcinia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Catalan: patrocini
• → German: Patrozinium
• → English: patrocinium
• → Italian: patrocinio
• → Portuguese: patrocínio
• → Sicilian: patrucìniu
• → Spanish: patrocinio

References

• “patrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "patrocinium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• patrocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.