Πάτραι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Πᾰτρεύς (Pătreús, “Patreus”), the city's legendary founder

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πᾰ́τραι • (Pắtrai) f pl (genitive Πᾰτρῶν); first declension

  1. Patras, Achaea, Greece

Declension

First declension of αἱ Πᾰ́τραι; τῶν Πᾰτρῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Πᾰ́τραι
hai Pắtrai
Genitive τῶν Πᾰτρῶν
tôn Pătrôn
Dative ταῖς Πᾰ́τραις
taîs Pắtrais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Πᾰ́τρᾱς
tā̀s Pắtrās
Vocative Πᾰ́τραι
Pắtrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: Patras
  • Greek: Πάτρα (Pátra)
  • Italian: Patrasso
  • Latin: Patrae
  • Turkish: Ballıbadra; Patras

References

  • “Πάτραι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Πάτραι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
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