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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

  • ὥστε οἱ τοιοῦτοι δοκοῦσι κακοὶ καὶ φίλοισ χρῆσθαι καὶ ταῖσ πατρίσιν ἀλεξητῆρεσ εἶναι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 4:2)
  • καὶ ἡδέωσ μὲν τῶν παλαιῶν πράξεων μέμνηνται, εὖ δὲ τὰσ παρούσασ ἥδονται πράττοντεσ, δι’ ἐμὲ φίλοι μὲν θεοῖσ ὄντεσ, ἀγαπητοὶ δὲ φίλοισ, τίμιοι δὲ πατρίσιν· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 34:5)
  • οὗτοι πάντεσ εἰσίν, ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τῶν αὐτῶν βουλευμάτων ἐν ταῖσ αὑτῶν πατρίσιν ὧνπερ οὗτοι παρ’ ὑμῖν, ἄνθρωποι μιαροὶ καὶ κόλακεσ καὶ ἀλάστορεσ, ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰσ αὑτῶν ἕκαστοι πατρίδασ, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν προπεπωκότεσ πρότερον μὲν Φιλίππῳ, νῦν δ’ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, τῇ γαστρὶ μετροῦντεσ καὶ τοῖσ αἰσχίστοισ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, τὴν δ’ ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τὸ μηδέν’ ἔχειν δεσπότην αὑτῶν, ἃ τοῖσ προτέροισ Ἕλλησιν ὁρ́οι τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἦσαν καὶ κανόνεσ, ἀνατετροφότεσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 418:2)
  • ἡ δὲ τυραννὶσ ἀναγκάζει καὶ ταῖσ ἑαυτῶν πατρίσιν ἐνοχλεῖν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 4:3)
  • ἐν ἡγεμονίαισ μὲν βουλόμενοι γενέσθαι στρατιωτικαῖσ καὶ πραγμάτων ἐφάψασθαι μεγάλων, μάλιστα δ’ οἱ δυναστείασ καὶ τυραννίδοσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑαυτῶν πατρίσιν ἐρῶντεσ, ἣν συγκατασκευάσειν αὐτοῖσ Ταρκυνίουσ ἐπείθοντο τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ἀνακτησαμένουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 5, chapter 52 6:1)

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