clientēla ae, f cliens, clientship, patronage, protection, the relation of a client to his patron: in clientelam Nobis dedit se, T.: in cuius fide sint et clientelā, whose clients they are.

—Plur., clients, dependants: amplissimas clientelas accipere a maioribus: provinciales: esse Pompei clientelas in provinciā, bodies of clients, Cs.

—Of nations: magnae (Aeduorum) erant clientelae, allies, dependants, Cs.