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Pā^trae , ārum, f., = Πάτραι,
I.a very ancient city in Achaia, on the promontory of Rhium, the mod. Patras, Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1; 13, 17, 1; 16, 1, 2; Liv. 27, 29; Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Ov. M. 6, 417.— Hence,
II. Pā^trensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Patrœ, Patrœan: “Lyso Patrensis,” of Patrœ, Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 1 sq.: “bibliotheca,” Gell. 18, 9, 5.—In plur.: Pătren-ses , ĭum, m., the Patrœans: “Patrensium leges,” Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.19.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.19.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.28.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.417
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 29
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.9.5
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