ad patres

[ ahd pah-tres; English ad pey-treez ]

/ ɑd ˈpɑ trɛs; English æd ˈpeɪ triz /

dead.

Origin of ad patres

literally, (having gone) to the fathers

patres conscripti

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

/ ˈpɑ trɛs koʊnˈskrɪp ti; English ˈpeɪ triz kənˈskrɪp taɪ, -ti, ˈpɑ-, ˈpæ- /

This touching avowal melted the patres familias of the jury, and Laluyé was condemned to imprisonment for one year.

History of the Commune of 1871 |P. Lissagary
It well-nigh appears the same as if one were reading Chateaubriand's praises of the Patres.

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 |Various
To judge by the general silence, no one wished to be one of the patres conscripti.

An Eagle Flight |Jos Rizal
In ancient Rome the members of the senate are the Patres conscripti, the “Conscript fathers.”

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 |Various

They were called "patres nunorum gentium," the senators of the inferior gentes.

Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome |Oliver Goldsmith