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πατρίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πατρίς πατρίδος

Structure: πατριδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: poet. pa/trios의 여성형

Sense

  1. The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland, hometown, native city, native country

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ πόλεισ σεμνότεραι θεῶν πατρίδεσ καὶ νῆσοι θειότεραι παρ’ αἷσ ὑμνεῖται γένεσισ θεῶν. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 5:2)
  • ἐπὶ ξένησ, οὐ μετασταθέντεσ ἀλλὰ μεταστάντεσ, οὐδὲ φυγαδευθέντεσ ἀλλὰ φυγόντεσ αὐτοὶ πράγματα καὶ περισπασμοὺσ καὶ ἀσχολίασ, ἃσ αἱ πατρίδεσ φέρουσι. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 14 5:1)
  • ἡρώων ὀλίγαι μὲν ἐν ὄμμασιν, αἱ δ’ ἔτι λοιπαὶ πατρίδεσ οὐ πολλῷ γ’ αἰπύτεραι πεδίων οἱήν καὶ σέ, τάλαινα, παρερχόμενόσ γε Μυκήνην ἔγνων, αἰπολίου παντὸσ ἐρημοτέρην, αἰπολικὸν μήνυμα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1011)
  • ἄπιτε οὖν ἀγαθὴν ἔχουσαι διάνοιαν καὶ διπλασίωσ ἢ πρότερον ἀσπάζεσθε καὶ τιμᾶτε τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ὑφ’ ὧν γονεῖσ τε ὑμῶν ἐσώθησαν καὶ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατρίδεσ ἐλεύθεραι ἀφίενται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 35 6:2)
  • πατρίδεσ ἆρα ἀνδράσιν, οὐ πάτραισ ἄνδρεσ ἀγαλλόμεθα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1393)

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