The corpus record — Latin

Patrae

Patrae · f

a very ancient city in Achaia

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Where it lives

Apotheosis 25 · 33.75/10k
Cathemerina 10 · 13.59/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Peristephanon Liber 12 · 6.83/10k
Hamartigenia 3 · 4.69/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Contra Symmachum 4 · 3.33/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 2 · 1.76/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Pā^trae — Lewis & Short

Pā^trae, ārum, f., = *pa/trai,

I a very ancient city in Achaia, on the promontory of Rhium, the mod. Patras, Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1; 13, 17, 1; 16, 1, 2; Liv. 27, 29; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 6, 417.— Hence,

II Pā^trensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Patrœ, Patrœan: Lyso Patrensis, of Patrœ, Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 1 sq.: bibliotheca, Gell. 18, 9, 5.—In plur.: Pătren-ses, ĭum, m., the Patrœans: Patrensium leges, Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2.

In the wild

Patris Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.3.8.p1
Patras Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 16.5.2
Patris Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 7.55
Patris Prudentius, Apotheosis 1.2
Patris Cicero, Letters to Atticus 11.10.1
Patris Cicero, Letters to Atticus 11.16.4

6 of 128 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Patrae (scan p. 460; entry #7397).

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