• FATHER

1. s. pater (the the proper word; also as title bestowed on elder persons by their juniors): parens (☞ genitor, generator are poetical): father and mother, parentes (poetically, patres): the fathers, patres (the members of the Senate): our fathers, patres; majores (ancestors): the father of his country, pater patriae: to take after his father, patrissare (comedy): as a father, (e.g., to love anybody), ut alterum patrem, in parentis loco: to be the father of one’s country, subjects, etc., consulere ut parentem populo: the kindness of a father, *benignitas paterna: the heart of a father, animus patrius: a father’s joy, gaudium paternum (general term); *gaudium ex aucta stirpe or ex nato filio perceptum (from the birth of a child): *gaudium, quod ex liberis bene moratis percipitur (caused by the good conduct of one’s children): the name of one’s father, nomen patris; nomen paternum: father’s brother, patruus: father’s sister, amita: to be a father to anybody, loco or instar patris alicui esse; aliquem in liberorum numero habere (with reference to a child): the love of a father, amor paternus or patrius; caritas patria: to love anybody with the love of a father, patria caritate aliquem diligere. Like a father, patris instar; ut pater; ut parens; patria caritate (with fatherly affection).

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• v. Adopt, Vid:
• To ascribe anything (especially a book, poem, etc.) to anybody, addicere aliquid nomini alicujus (Gell., 3, 3, of plays fathered upon Plaut.); or ascribere or assignare aliquid alicui.
• To claim to be the author of a book, poem, etc., dicere aliquid suum esse: *simulare se aliquid scripsisse: sibi ascribere aliquid (Donat., Vit. Virgilii).