patria

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

patria ae, f

1 patrius; sc. terra, a fatherland, native land, own country, native place : carens patriā, in exile , T.: omnīs omnium caritates patria una complexa est: O patria, o divōm domus Ilium, V.: patriā Atheniensis.— A dwelling-place, home : habuit alteram loci patriam, alteram iuris: Italiam quaero patriam, V.: tantae aquae, the home , i. e. the source , O.: nimborum in patriam, V.: eadem est vini patria atque magistri, Iu.

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