εὐπᾰτρίδης,ου, Dor.
εὔπαρ-δας,α,ὁ, (πατήρ)
A. of good or noble sire, of noble family, of persons, used by Trag. in lyr., S. El. 162 , E. Alc. 920 (anap.), Hipp. 152 , etc.; εὐ. οἶκοι
Id. Ion 1073
: also in later Prose, Muson. Fr. 13 B p.69 H.
II. Εὐ.,οἱ , at Athens, theold aristocracy, opp.ἀγροῖκοι(or γεωμόροι
Plu. Thes. 25
) andδημιουργοί, Arist. Ath. 13.2 , cf. Scol. 14 , Isoc. 16.25 , X. Smp. 8.40 ; πένητας Εὐπατρίδας οὐδεὶς ὁρᾷ
Alex. 90.3
; butτὰ τῶν Εὐ. πάτριαsacred traditions of theEup., Ath. 9.410a andἐξηγητὴς ἐξ Εὐ. IG 3.267 , 1335 , refer to a particular family of that name.
2. at Rome,Patricians, Plu. Publ. 18 , Fab. 16 , etc.