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patriam

patriam is a Latin form of patria, meaning “fatherland, native country”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 517 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.15.5: esse homines feros magnaeque virtutis; increpitare atque incusare reliquos Belgas, qui se populo Romano dedidissent patriamque virtutem proiecissent;

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 9.77.17: Quid est aliud, quod tibi eripi doleas? Amicos? Quis enim tibi potest amicus esse? Patriam? Tanti enim illam putas, ut tardius cenes? Solem? Quem, si posses, extingueres. Quid enim umquam fecisti luce …

All forms of patria (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.