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πάτριος

patrios

of, belonging to oneʼs father, derived from oneʼs fathers, hereditary

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Where it lives

Against Nicomachus 5 · 26.6/10k
Virtues and Vices 2 · 13.49/10k
Machabaeorum IV 7 · 9.07/10k
Machabaeorum II 9 · 7.79/10k
Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
Against Andocides 2 · 7.7/10k
Panegyricus 8 · 7.43/10k
Athenian Constitution 12 · 7.37/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k
Against Neaera 6 · 6.59/10k
Areopagiticus 3 · 6.56/10k
Plataicus 2 · 6.28/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πάτριος · patrios — LSJ

of, belonging to oneʼs father

of or belonging to oneʼs father, ἄρουρα Pi. O. 2.14 ; ὄσσα ib. 6.62 ; γῆ S. Ant. 806 (lyr.), E. Med. 651 (lyr.) ; χθών Id. Hel. 222 ; τεύχεα, δώματα, S. Ph. 398 (lyr.), OT 1394.

II derived from oneʼs fathers, hereditary, more ancient, an hereditary custom, ancestral customs, as our fathers, the inherited constitution, according to the custom of, fathers, in their native language

= πατρικός, derived from oneʼs fathers, hereditary, οἱ π. θεοί Hdt. 1.172, Sammelb. 6664.5 (Egypt, ii B.C.), IG 7.2713.51 (i A.D.) ; πάτριος θεά Milet. 7.64 (ii/iii A.D.) ; αἱ π. τελεταί Ar. Ra. 368 ; ἱερά Th. 2.16 ; νόμοι Id. 4.118, Decr. ap. Arist. Ath. 29.3, X. HG 2.3.2 ; θυσίαι Isoc. 10.63, IG 2(2).780, etc.; π. πολιτεία Thrasym. 1, Arist. Ath. 34.3, D.S. 14.3, etc.; π. ἀρχαί X. Cyr. 1.1.4, cf. Arist. Pol. 1285a24, 33 ; αἱ τιμαὶ αἱ π. Isoc. 9.32 ; π. καὶ ἀρχαῖα νόμιμα Pl. Lg. 793b ; τὸν π. ὅ

III uncle

Subst. πάτριος, ὁ, uncle, BSA 17.240 (Pamphyl.).

In the wild

πάτριον · patrion Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1157
πάτρια · patria Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 93–95
πάτρια · patria Aristophanes, Acharnians 1000 (DIORISIS sentence 755)
πάτριον · patrion Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 630)
πατρίοις · patriois Aristophanes, Frogs 1532
πατρίοις · patriois Aristophanes, Frogs 354–368

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