patrius

Latin

Etymology

Derived from pater, patris (“father”) +‎ -ius (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tri.us/, [ˈpät̪riʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tri.us/, [ˈpäːt̪rius]

Adjective

patrius (feminine patria, neuter patrium, adverb patriē); first/second-declension adjective

1. father's, fatherly, paternal
2. hereditary; ancestral

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	patrius	patria	patrium		patriī	patriae	patria
genitive	patriī	patriae	patriī		patriōrum	patriārum	patriōrum
dative	patriō	patriae	patriō		patriīs
accusative	patrium	patriam	patrium		patriōs	patriās	patria
ablative	patriō	patriā	patriō		patriīs
vocative	patrie	patria	patrium		patriī	patriae	patria

Related terms

• patria

Descendants

• → Catalan: patri
• → Galician: patrio
• → Italian: patrio
• → Portuguese: pátrio
• → Spanish: patrio

References

• “patrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • native tongue; vernacular: sermo patrius (Fin. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) native place: urbs patria or simply patria
    
  • (ambiguous) to die for one's country: mortem occumbere pro patria
    
  • (ambiguous) to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to sacrifice oneself for one's country: vitam profundere pro patria
    
  • (ambiguous) to banish a man from his native land: e patria exire iubere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in exile: patria carere