πάτρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. and Ep. [[πάτρη]], ἡ, ([[πατήρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 147, ''Ra.'' 1427, ''Th.''136, Alex.193, Diph.73.9:—[[πατρίς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) was the common prose form, but [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] uses [[πάτρη]] in 6.126, 128, [[πατρίς]] in 3.140, 8.61.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fatherhood]], [[descent]] from a [[common]] [[father]], <b class="b3">ἀμφοτέροισιν όμὸν γένος ἠδ' ἴα π.</b> Il.13.354 (nowh. else in this sense in Hom.); <b class="b3">βασιλεὺς Ἰώνων ἀνὰ πάτρην</b> by [[hereditary]] [[descent]], IGRom.4.1730 (Samos, ii A.D.): hence,<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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]], <b class="b3">ἰέναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ πάτρην ἣν ἂν πείθωσιν</b> ib.12(8).267.10 (Thasos).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[father's 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]].