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πατριώτης

πατριώτης, one of the same country, a fellow-countryman

πατρι-ώτης, ου, Dor. -τας, ὁ, voc. -ῶτα Nico 1: (πάτριος):—
  • fellow-countryman: prop. of barbarians who had only a common πατρίς, πολῖται being used of Greeks who had a common πόλις, Poll. 3.54, Hsch., Phot.: hence μήτε πατριώτας ἀλλήλων εἶναι τοὺς μέλλοντας ῥᾷον δουλεύσειν Pl. Lg. 777c; τοῖσι Λυκούργου π., Lycurgus being satirized as an Egyptian, Pherecr. 11, cf. Alex. 326; also ἵπποι π., = ἐγχώριοι, X. Cyr. 2.2.26: metaph., of Mt. Cithaeron, π. Οἰδίπου S. OT 1091 (lyr.); π. θεός, of Dionysus, Plu. QConv. 2.671c; π. ἐστί μοι.—Ans. ἐλάνθανες ἄρα βάρβαρος ὤν Luc. Sol. 5; cf. πατριῶτις.
    • II later, = πολίτης, Iamb. VP 5.21.
    • III member of a πατριά II.1, IG 4.757B12 (Troezen), Michel 995 B 4 (Delph., v B. C.).

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