Πάτραι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πᾰ́τραι • (Pátrai) 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 Pátrai
Genitive τῶν Πᾰτρῶν
tôn Patrôn
Dative ταῖς Πᾰ́τραις
taîs Pátrais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Πᾰ́τρᾱς
tā̀s Pátrās
Vocative Πᾰ́τραι
Pátrai
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
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