hereditary Copy link Outline 1. hērēdĭtārius2. păternus, ăvītus (received from fathers, forefathers, or ancestors)3. patrius (rare in this sense = paternus) • hereditary: 1. hērēdĭtārius: an h. name, nomen h., Cic. Rep. 6, 11: to claim the throne as h., imperium h. vindicare, Curt. 10, 7, fin.: cf. Liv. 21, 3, fin. (but the word is used with ref. to any thing inherited). 2. păternus, ăvītus (received from fathers, forefathers, or ancestors): as it were, h. hatred, velut hereditate relictum paternum odium, Nep. Han. 1: h. virtues, bona paterna et avita, Cic. Coel. 14, fin.: Hor.: v. ancestral. 3. patrius (rare in this sense = paternus): Plin.: Sil. An h. plot of land, hērēdium: Varr. R. R. 1, 10: Plin. Phr.: an h. complaint, morbus per successiones traditus: v. preced. art.