patria

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin patria (fatherland).

[edit] Adjective

patria f.

  1. feminine form of patrio

[edit] Noun

patria f. (plural patrie)

  1. one's native land or country
  2. homeland
  3. fatherland

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From patrius (of or pertaining to a father), from pater (father), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek πατριά (patria, generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family) and πατρίς (patris, place of one's ancestors).

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[edit] Noun

patria (genitive patriae); f, first declension

  1. fatherland
    • 23 BCE, Horace, Odes, 3.2.13
      Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
      Sweet and glorious it is to die for the fatherland.
  2. home

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Number Singular Plural
nominative patria patriae
genitive patriae patriārum
dative patriae patriīs
accusative patriam patriās
ablative patriā patriīs
vocative patria patriae

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin patria (fatherland).

[edit] Noun

patria f. (plural patrias)

  1. fatherland

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