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pā^trĭus , a, um, adj. patria.
I. In gen., of or belonging to one's native country or home, native: “patrius sermo,” Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Hor. A. P. 57: “mos,” Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27: “ritus,” id. Leg. 2, 9, 21: “carmen patrium canere,” a national song, Curt. 3, 3, 9: “Mycenae,” i. e. their home, Verg. A. 2, 180: “palaestrae,” id. ib. 3, 281: “vox,” Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 8.—
II. In partic., in gram.: nomen patrium, a gentile noun (like Romanus, Atheniensis, etc.), Prisc. p. 580 P.
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):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.180
    • Old Testament, 2 Maccabees, 7.8
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 57
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.9
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.2
    • Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum, 4
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.3.9
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