Πάτραι
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Named after Πᾰτρεύς (Patreús, “Patreus”), the city's legendary founder
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pá.trai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.trɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.trɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tre/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tre/
Proper noun
Πᾰ́τραι • (Pátrai) f pl (genitive Πᾰτρῶν); first declension
- Patras, Achaea, Greece
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Πᾰ́τραι hai Pátrai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Πᾰτρῶν tôn Patrôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Πᾰ́τραις taîs Pátrais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Πᾰ́τρᾱς tā̀s Pátrās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πᾰ́τραι Pátrai | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Πᾰτρεύς (Patreús)
Descendants
References
- “Πάτραι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πάτραι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020