πατρίς

A. of one's fathers, πατρὶς αἶα, ἄρουρα, one's fatherland, country, Od. 10.236, 20.193; π. γαῖα 24.322, Hes. Sc. 1, 12, A. Th. 585; γῆ π. S. OT 641, Ar. Th. 859 (paratrag.) ; π. πόλις the city of one's sires, Pi. O. 10(11).36.

II. Subst., = πάτρα 1, Il. 5.213, Od. 4.586, 9.34, Hdt. 3.140, Th. 6.69, etc.; κοινὴ π., i. e. the nether world, Plu. 2.113c : prov., π. γάρ ἐστι πᾶσ’ ἵν’ ἂν πράττῃ τις εὖ, ubi bene, ibi patria, Ar. Pl. 1151; simply, native town or village, UPZ 9.5 (ii B. C.), Ev.Marc. 6.1, etc. : pl., ἐν ταῖς αὑτῶν π. D. 18.296, cf. 305, Pl. Plt. 308a, Hyp. Epit. 10.