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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πατήρ (patḗr, “father”). Compare Latin patria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pá.traː/ → /ˈpa.tra/ → /ˈpa.tra/
Noun
πάτρᾱ • (pátrā) f (genitive πάτρᾱς); first declension
- fatherland, native land
- Synonym: πατρίς (patrís)
- fatherʼs sister, aunt
- fatherhood
Declension
Noun
πάτρᾱ • (pátrā)
- (Epic, Ionic) nominative and vocative and accusative dual of πάτρη (pátrē)
Further reading
- “πάτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.