Quizlet PATER/PATRIS

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  1. archos: chief father
  2. forbear: using patience to keep from doing something
  3. histrionic: overly dramatic
  4. milieu.: your environment or surroundings
  5. monia: condition
  6. onyma: name
  7. PATER/PATRIS: father
  8. patriarch: chief father of a family or of a society
  9. patrician: a person born of nobility; a descendant of the founding fathers of Rome
  10. patrimony: an inheritance from a father, usually money or land.
  11. patriotism -: love for the fatherland
  12. patron: one who acts like a father toward another, usually by giving financial support as a father would.
  13. patronize: (1) to give your financial support to something (2) to talk down to (belittle) someone.
  14. patronymic: a father's name adapted and given to his children