patres conscripti

American  

[pah-tres kohn-skrip-tee, pey-treez kuhn-skrip-tahy, -tee, pah-, pa-] / ˈpɑ trɛs koʊnˈskrɪp ti, ˈpeɪ triz kənˈskrɪp taɪ, -ti, ˈpɑ-, ˈpæ- /

plural noun

Latin.

1. conscript fathers.

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Example Sentences

Here I found a vast assemblage of burghers; and in their midst, squatted on sheepskins, was a select ring of patres conscripti, presided by Sulimani-Ali, son of the king, and brother of my companion.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz

As distinguished from the patres or patrician senators, the plebeians were called conscripti, “the enrolled,” and this distinction was preserved in the official formula patres conscripti used in addressing the Senate.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

To judge by the general silence, no one wished to be one of the patres conscripti.

From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José

Mihi vero, patres conscripti, iam etiam optanda mors est, perfuncto rebus eis quas adeptus sum quasque gessi.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund