πατρίς

patris

of oneʼs fathers

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18

1250b21
Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a32
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 8 1168a28–1169b2

1169a19
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 109 840b1–17

840b11
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1366b37

Dictionary (LSJ)

πατρίς, ίδος, poet. fem. of πάτριος, A. of oneʼs fathers, πατρὶς αἶα, ἄρουρα, oneʼs 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. πόλις the city of oneʼs sires, Pi. O. 10(11).36. II. Subst., = πάτρα I, 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 πᾶσʼ ἵνʼ ἂν πράττῃ τις εὖ, ubi bene, ibi patria, Ar. Pl. 1151; simply, native town or village, 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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