1. of or belonging to one's father , Lat. patrius, (Pindar), etc.

2. = πατρικός, derived from one's fathers, hereditary , οἱπ. θεοί (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: —; τὰ πάτρια, Lat. instituta majorum, κατὰ τὰ πάτρια (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.; rarely in singular, τὸ πάτριον παρείς neglecting the rule of our fathers , (Thucydides) Cf. πατρῷος. (ML)