patrician

• adj.貴族; 貴族
• n. 貴族; 貴族

ラテン語のpatriciusから、父親のような、高貴な、貴族的な、paterの父から、語源的には父と同じ。

patrician

patrician: see patron

patrician (n.)

early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators; of fatherly dignity," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," literally "fathers," plural of pater "father" (see father (n.)). Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval Italian and German cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.

1. He was a lean， patrician gent in his early sixties.

彼は60代前半で、貴族風の痩せた紳士だった。

2.The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

この古い貴族は家族の墓地に埋められている。

3.But in practice Geneva was a patrican gerontcracy,dominated by a few families.

しかしジュネーブは事実上貴族の高齢政府であり、一部の家庭によって制御されている。

4.Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.

貴族の尊厳は華麗な偽装にすぎない。

5.He was reticent， patrician ，bookish，urbane.

彼は沈黙して含蓄があり、おっとりしていて、本は怒っているが、温文で礼儀正しい。