εὔπατρις
From LSJ
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ, fem. of foreg.,
A born of a noble sire, E.IA1077 (lyr.); τίς ἂν εὔ. ὧδε βλάστοι; S.El.1081 (lyr.); ἐλπίδων . . εὐπατρίδων of hopes derived from those of noble birth, dub. cj. ib.858 (-ιδᾶν vel -ιδῶν codd.). 2 at Rome, αἱ εὐπάτριδες ἀρχαί magistratus patricii, D.C.46.45: γυνὴ εὔ., = Lat. patricia, Id.72.5 (here acc. sg. -ίδα, but cf. κακόπατρις, ὁμόπατρις).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1087] ιδος, ἡ, von gutem, edlem Vater, fem. zum Vorigen; Νηρηΐς Eur. I. A. 1077; Sp.; εὐπάτριδες ἀρχαί, patricische Aemter, D. Cass. 46, 45. – Bei Soph El. 1070 erkl. man = wohlgesinnt
