πάτρα

See also: Πάτρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάτρη (pátrē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From πατήρ (patḗr, “father”). Compare Latin patria.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.traː/ → /ˈpa.tra/ → /ˈpa.tra/

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

Noun

πάτρᾱ • (pátrā) f (genitive πάτρᾱς); first declension

1. fatherland, native land

   Synonym: πατρίς (patrís)

Declension

First declension of ἡ πάτρᾱ; τῆς πάτρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πάτρᾱ hē pátrā	τὼ πάτρᾱ tṑ pátrā	αἱ πάτραι hai pátrai
Genitive	τῆς πάτρᾱς tês pátrās	τοῖν πάτραιν toîn pátrain	τῶν πατρῶν tôn patrôn
Dative	τῇ πάτρᾳ têi pátrāi	τοῖν πάτραιν toîn pátrain	ταῖς πάτραις taîs pátrais
Accusative	τὴν πάτρᾱν tḕn pátrān	τὼ πάτρᾱ tṑ pátrā	τᾱ̀ς πάτρᾱς tā̀s pátrās
Vocative	πάτρᾱ pátrā	πάτρᾱ pátrā	πάτραι pátrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

πάτρᾱ • (pátrā)

1. (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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • cradle idem, page 181.
  • fatherland idem, page 310.
  • land idem, page 475.
  • native land idem, page 551.