εὔπᾰτρις,ιδος,ἡ, fem. of foreg.,
A. born of a noble sire, E. IA 1077 (lyr.);τίς ἂν εὔ. ὧδε βλάστοι; S. El. 1081 (lyr.);ἐλπίδων . . εὐπατρίδωνof hopesderived from those of noble birth, dub. cj. ib. 858 (-ιδᾶνvel -ιδῶνcodd.).
2. at Rome,αἱ εὐπάτ ριδες ἀρχαί magistratus patricii, D.C. 46.45 :γυνὴ εὔ.,=Lat.patricia, Id. 72.5 (here acc. sg. -ίδα, but cf.κακόπατρις, ὁμόπατρις).