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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

  • οὐκ ἐγὼ ταῦτα συνεβούλευον, ἀλλ’ ἡ πατρίσ, ὁ καιρόσ, τὰ πράγματα διὰ τῆσ ἐμῆσ φωνῆσ ἠξίου ταῦτα πράττειν· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 35:1)
  • καὶ μὴν ὅσα σεμνὰ καὶ θεῖα νομίζουσιν ἄνθρωποι, τούτων πατρὶσ αἰτία καὶ διδάσκαλοσ, γεννησαμένη καὶ ἀναθρεψαμένη καὶ παιδευσαμένη. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 1:3)
  • ὤφθη δ’ οὐδεὶσ οὕτωσ ἀμνήμων τῆσ πατρίδοσ, ὡσ ἐν ἄλλῃ πόλει γενόμενοσ ἀμελεῖν, ἀλλ’ οἳ τε κακοπραγοῦντεσ ἐν ταῖσ ἀποδημίαισ συνεχῶσ ἀνακαλοῦσιν ὡσ μέγιστον τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἡ πατρίσ, οἵ τε εὐδαιμονοῦντεσ, ἂν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα εὖ πράττωσιν, τοῦτο γοῦν αὐτοῖσ μέγιστον ἐνδεῖν νομίζουσιν τὸ μὴ τὴν πατρίδα οἰκεῖν, ἀλλὰ ξενιτεύειν ὄνειδοσ γὰρ τὸ τῆσ ξενιτείασ. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 8:1)
  • ποθεινὴ μὲν οὖν καὶ νέοισ ἡ πατρίσ· (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 9:1)
  • οἷσ δὲ καὶ μήτηρ ἡ πατρίσ, ἀγαπῶσι τὴν γῆν ἐφ’ ἧσ ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐτράφησαν, κἂν ὀλίγην ἔχωσι, κἂν τραχεῖαν καὶ λεπτόγεων κἂν ἀπορῶσι τῆσ γῆσ ἐπαινέσαι τὴν ἀρετήν, τῶν γε ὑπὲρ τῆσ πατρίδοσ οὐκ ἀπορήσουσιν ἐγκωμίων. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 10:2)

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