patronatus

Latin

Etymology

patrōnus (“protector, patron”) +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.troːˈnaː.tus/, [pät̪roːˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.troˈna.tus/, [pät̪roˈnäːt̪us]

Noun

patrōnātus m (genitive patrōnātūs); fourth declension

1. (Late Latin) patronage

   Synonym: patrōcinium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	patrōnātus	patrōnātūs
genitive	patrōnātūs	patrōnātuum
dative	patrōnātuī	patrōnātibus
accusative	patrōnātum	patrōnātūs
ablative	patrōnātū	patrōnātibus
vocative	patrōnātus	patrōnātūs

Descendants

• Catalan: patronat
• English: patronate
• French: patronat
• German: Patronat
• Italian: patronato
• Portuguese: patronato
• Romanian: patronat
• Sicilian: patrunatu
• Spanish: patronato

References

• patronatus 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)
• “patronatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press