πατρῷος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πατρώϊος (patrṓïos) — Epic, Ionic
• πατρούεος (patroúeos) — Thessalian

Etymology

From πατήρ (patḗr) +‎ -ῷος (-ôios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.trɔ̂ːi̯.os/ → /paˈtro.os/ → /paˈtro.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.trɔ̂ːi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈtro.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈtro.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈtro.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈtro.os/

Adjective

πατρῷος • (patrôios) m (feminine πατρῴᾱ, neuter πατρῷον); first/second declension or
πατρῷος • (patrôios) m or f (neuter πατρῷον); second declension

1. of or from one's father, hereditary
2. of or belonging to one's father

   Synonym: πάτριος (pátrios)

Declension

Some authors treat this as a two-ending adjective, using masculine forms to modify feminine nouns.

First and second declension of πατρῷος; πατρῴᾱ; πατρῷον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πατρῷος patrôios	πατρῴᾱ patrṓiā	πατρῷον patrôion		πατρῴω patrṓiō	πατρῴᾱ patrṓiā	πατρῴω patrṓiō		πατρῷοι patrôioi	πατρῷαι patrôiai	πατρῷᾰ patrôia
Genitive		πατρῴου patrṓiou	πατρῴᾱς patrṓiās	πατρῴου patrṓiou		πατρῴοιν patrṓioin	πατρῴαιν patrṓiain	πατρῴοιν patrṓioin		πατρῴων patrṓiōn	πατρῴων patrṓiōn	πατρῴων patrṓiōn
Dative		πατρῴῳ patrṓiōi	πατρῴᾳ patrṓiāi	πατρῴῳ patrṓiōi		πατρῴοιν patrṓioin	πατρῴαιν patrṓiain	πατρῴοιν patrṓioin		πατρῴοις patrṓiois	πατρῴαις patrṓiais	πατρῴοις patrṓiois
Accusative		πατρῷον patrôion	πατρῴᾱν patrṓiān	πατρῷον patrôion		πατρῴω patrṓiō	πατρῴᾱ patrṓiā	πατρῴω patrṓiō		πατρῴους patrṓious	πατρῴᾱς patrṓiās	πατρῷᾰ patrôia
Vocative		πατρῷε patrôie	πατρῴᾱ patrṓiā	πατρῷον patrôion		πατρῴω patrṓiō	πατρῴᾱ patrṓiā	πατρῴω patrṓiō		πατρῷοι patrôioi	πατρῷαι patrôiai	πατρῷᾰ patrôia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πατρῴως patrṓiōs				πατρῳότερος patrōióteros				πατρῳότᾰτος patrōiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πατρῷος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πατρῷος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πατρώϊος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πατρῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πατρῷος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3971 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ancestral idem, page 29.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • father idem, page 309.
  • fathers idem, page 310.
  • hereditary idem, page 397.
  • native land idem, page 551.
  • paternal idem, page 598.