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πατρῷος

patroos

of, from oneʼs father, coming, inherited from him

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 10 · 19.86/10k
Electra 16 · 18.43/10k
Libation Bearers 8 · 14.88/10k
Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 1 · 13.35/10k
Against Aphobus 2 2 · 13.32/10k
Against Boeotus 2 5 · 12.88/10k
Trachiniae 9 · 12.38/10k
Against Leochares 5 · 12.17/10k
Against Diogeiton 2 · 11.82/10k
Against Eubulides 5 · 10.9/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 9 · 10.85/10k
Electra 8 · 10.58/10k

Densest 12 of 82 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. πατρῷος · patrōios — LSJ

of, from oneʼs father, coming, inherited from him, hereditary, fatherland, fatherʼs goods, patrimony, hereditary, of our fathers, of a family, people, who protects parents’ rights

of or from oneʼs father, coming or inherited from him, σκῆπτρον, ἔγχος, Il. 2.46, 19.387 ; τέμενος, δῶμα, οἶκος, 20.391, 21.44, Hes. Op. 376 ; ξεῖνος πατρώϊός ἐσσι παλαιός my old hereditary friend, Il. 6.215 ; π. ἑταῖροι Od. 2.254, 17.69 ; γαῖα πατρωΐη oneʼs fatherland, 13.188, 251 ; πατρῴα γῆ Thgn. 888, Pi. P. 4.290, S. El. 67, etc.; π. οὖδας A. Ag. 503 ; ἄστυ S. OT 1450 ; δῶμα, ἑστία, κοῖται, E. Or. 1595, Hec. 22, S. El. 194 (lyr.); πατρώϊα oneʼs fatherʼs goods, patrimony, Od. 17.80, 20.336, 2

II of, belonging to oneʼs father, imposed by him, of him, the cause of oneʼs father, patrimonial possession

= πάτριος, of or belonging to oneʼs father, μῆλα Od. 12.136 ; π. πρὸς στάθμαν Pi. P. 6.45 ; π. ἄεθλοι imposed by him, ib. 4.220; but π. ἆθλος of him, S. Ant. 856 (lyr.) ; π. γνώμη ib. 640 ; π. φόνοι, πήματα, Id. OC 990, 1196 ; π. χέρες A. Ag. 210 (lyr.), etc.; τὰ πατρώϊα the cause of oneʼs father, opp. τὰ μητρώϊα, Hdt. 3.53.—Gramm. distd. πατρῷος, as expressing patrimonial possession, from πάτριος as expressing hereditary manners, customs, institutions ; v. Ammon. Diff. s.v., AB 297, Suid., etc.

2. πατρωός · patrōos — LSJ

stepfather

= πατρυιός, stepfather, Cerc. 4.43, Plu. Cleom. 11, Arat. 41, Artem. 3.26, POxy. 1257.2 (iii A. D.).

In the wild

πατρῴου · patrōiou Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1277–1278
πατρῴας · patrōias Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1578–1582
πατρῷον · patrōion Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1587–1589
πατρῴους · patrōious Aeschylus, Agamemnon 206–210
πατρῴους · patrōious Aeschylus, Agamemnon 228–230
πατρῷον · patrōion Aeschylus, Agamemnon 503–505

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Where it came from

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