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πάτρα

πάτρα, fatherland, native land, country, home

πάτρᾱ, Ion. and Ep. πάτρη, ἡ, (πατήρ)
  • fatherland, native land, Il. 12.243, 24.500, Pi. O. 12.16, A. Pr. 665, S. Ph. 222, IG 42(1).244.8 (Epid., epigr., iii B.C.), etc., used in parody of Trag. by Ar. Ach. 147, Ra. 1427, Th. 136, Alex. 193, Diph. 73.9:—πατρίς (q.v.) was the common prose form, but Hdt. uses πάτρη in 6.126, 128, πατρίς in 3.140, 8.61.
    • II fatherhood, descent from a common father, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γένος ἠδʼ ἴα π. Il. 13.354 (nowh. else in this sense in Hom.); βασιλεὺς Ἰώνων ἀνὰ πάτρην by hereditary descent, IGRom. 4.1730 (Samos, ii A.D.): hence,
      • 2 body of persons claiming descent from a common ancestor, house, clan, π. Μειδυλιδᾶν Pi. P. 8.38, cf. N. 6.36, 8.46, IG 5(2).495 (Megalopolis); also, of a union of families recognized by the state, ἰέναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ πάτρην ἣν ἂν πείθωσιν ib. 12(8).267.10 (Thasos).
    • III fatherʼs sister, aunt, IGRom. 4.621 (Temenothyrae, iii A.D.):—in form πατρεία, Keil-Premerstein Zweiter Bericht No. 138 (nr. Thyatira, ii A.D.); cf. πιάτρα, πινάτρα.

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