patria Latin · revision 17838

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *ph₂tḗr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpa.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpaː.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''patria''' ''f'' (genitive patriae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of the adjective [[patrius]] “of a father, ancestral”, used as a noun, short for ⟨terra patria⟩ “ancestral land”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective comes from [[pater]] “father”, from [[ine-pro|*ph₂tr-iHo-|t=of a father]], built on [[m|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr|t=father]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius on;^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates it from Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Patria'' is one's native land or city, the fatherland.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) It is used more widely of any place one belongs to: Cicero calls the universe the ''patria'' the gods gave us in common, and Ovid writes ''omne solum fortī patria est'' “every land is a brave man's country”.^(OLD 2012) It also means the place of origin of things, such as plants or rivers.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a land or country in a vague sense, a particular region or province, and a ''pāgus'' or county.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – First found in Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * 204–169 BC – Found in Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero calls the world a ''patria'' shared with the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''dīvīsae arboribus patriae'', “trees have their separate homelands”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid: ''omne solum fortī patria est''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One's native land or city, [[m|en|fatherland]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(transferred)'' A [[m|en|home]], a place one belongs to.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The place of origin (of things).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A land, country;^(Niermeyer 1976) a region, province;^(Niermeyer 1976) a county.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[repatrio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pater]]

+ * [[patrius]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The phrase ''amor patriae'' “love of one's country” is treated under ''[[amor]]''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}