patres conscripti

[ pah-tres kohn-skrip-tee; English pey-treez kuhn-skrip-tahy, -tee, pah-, pa- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

, Latin.

This nearly corresponds with the Latin patres conscripti, as the senators were called.

In ancient Rome the members of the senate are the Patres conscripti, the “Conscript fathers.”

Hasta Cæsaris, Patres Conscripti, multis improbis spem affert, et audaciam.

Quorum progeniem vos, patres conscripti, nolite pati me nepotem Masinissae frustra a vobis auxilium petere.

Vestra beneficia mihi erepta sunt, patres conscripti, vos in mea injuria despecti estis.

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