paternus (generic; so far as things relating or belonging to a father are distinguished from each other; e.g., paterni agri, libri, equi, paternae aedes; or so far as a father is regarded in an individual capacity, distinct from other persons; e.g., mater, frater): patrius (modal; so far as the idea of a father is distinguished from others more general; e.g., res patriae, bona patria, as distinguished from aliena, alio quovis modo acquisita).