πατρίς,ίδος, poet. fem. ofπάτριος,
A. of one's fathers,πατρὶς αἶα, ἄρουρα,one's fatherland, country, Od. 10.236 , 20.193 ; π. γαῖα
24.322
, Hes. Sc. 1 , 12 , A. Th. 585 ;γῆ π. S. OT 641 , Ar. Th. 859 (paratrag.) ;π. πόλιςthe cityof one's sires, Pi. O. 10(11).36 .
II. Subst., = πάτρα
1 , Il. 5.213 , Od. 4.586 , 9.34 , Hdt. 3.140 , Th. 6.69 , etc.;κοινὴ π., i. e.the nether world, Plu. 2.113c : prov.,π. γάρ ἐστι πᾶς' ἵν' ἂν πράττῃ τις εὖ,ubi bene, ibi patria, Ar. Pl. 1151 ; simply,native townorvillage, UPZ 9.5
(ii B. C.), Ev.Marc. 6.1 , etc. : pl.,ἐν ταῖς αὑτῶν π. D. 18.296 , cf. 305 , Pl. Plt. 308a , Hyp. Epit. 10 .