patronus (the proper word): fautor; qui rebus (rationibus) alicujus consulit, prospicit (supporter, friend): cultor, amator (one who is fond of anything): *penes quem est jus ac potestas muneris alicujus deferendi; or, as technical term, *patronus (patron of an ecclesiastical benefice): a patron of learned men, doctorum cultor: a patron saint, *patronus divus: deus (hujus urbis) praeses (after Tac., Hist., 4, 63, 3).