A plebeian adopted by a patrician would become a patrician, and vice versa; however, at least in Republican times, this required the consent of the Senate (famously in the case of Publius Clodius Pulcher).
一个被贵族收养的平民会成为贵族，反之亦然；然而，至少在共和国时期，这需要元老院同意（如 Publius Clodius Pulcher 的著名案例）。