πάτρᾱ, Ion. and Ep.
πάτρη,ἡ, (πατήρ)
A. fatherland, native land, Il. 12.243 , 24.500 , Pi. O. 12.16 , A. Pr. 665 , S. Ph. 222 , IG 42(1).244.8 (Epid., epigr.,iii B.C.), etc., used in parody of Trag. by Ar. Ach. 147 , Ra. 1427 , Th. 136 , Alex. 193 , Diph. 73.9 :—πατρίς(q.v.) was the common prose form, but Hdt. usesπάτρηin 6.126 , 128 ,πατρίςin 3.140 , 8.61 .
II. fatherhood, descent from a common father,ἀμφοτέροισιν όμὸν γένος ἠδ' ἴα π. Il. 13.354 (nowh. else in this sense in Hom. ) ;βασιλεὺς Ἰώνων ἀνὰ πάτρηνbyhereditary descent,
IGRom. 4.1730 (Samos,ii A.D.) : hence,
2. body of persons claiming descent from a common ancestor, house, clan, π. Μειδυλιδᾶν
Pi. P. 8.38
, cf. N. 6.36 , 8.46 , IG 5(2).495 (Megalopolis) ; also, of aunion of familiesrecognized by the state,ἰέναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ πάτρην ἣν ἂν πείθωσινib. 12(8).267.10 (Thasos).
III. father's sister, aunt,
IGRom. 4.621 (Temenothyrae,iii A.D.) :—in formπατρεία, Keil-PremersteinZweiter BerichtNo. 138 (nr. Thyatira,ii A.D.) ; cf.πιάτρα, πινάτρα.