Φιλόπατρις
loving one's country, patriotic
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Nov 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who loves his city. And filo/polis [is] common [koine Greek], but filo/patris is Attic.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλόπατρις· ὁ φιλόπολις. καὶ τὸ μὲν φιλόπολις κοινόν, τὸ δὲ φιλόπατρις Ἀττικόν.
Betacode
*filo/patris: o( filo/polis. kai\ to\ me\n filo/polis koino/n, to\ de\ filo/patris *)attiko/n.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Wealth (Plutus) 900.
The headword is not restricted to classical Attic authors; it is used e.g. by Plutarch, Polybius, and Lucian; the gloss is also used widely by both Attic and later authors.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Apr 2014
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth