Πάτραι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Πᾰτρεύς (Patreús, “Patreus”), the city's legendary founder

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.trai̯/ → /ˈpa.trɛ/ → /ˈpa.tre/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.trai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.trɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.trɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tre/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tre/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́τραι • (Pátrai) f pl (genitive Πᾰτρῶν); first declension

1. Patras, Achaea, Greece

Declension

First declension of αἱ Πᾰ́τραι; τῶν Πᾰτρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Πᾰ́τραι hai Pátrai
Genitive	τῶν Πᾰτρῶν tôn Patrôn
Dative	ταῖς Πᾰ́τραις taîs Pátrais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Πᾰ́τρᾱς tā̀s Pátrās
Vocative	Πᾰ́τραι Pátrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Πᾰτρεύς (Patreús)

Descendants

• English: Patras
• Greek: Πάτρα (Pátra)
• Italian: Patrasso
• Latin: Patrae
• Turkish: Ballıbadra; Patras

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020