pro patria
pro pa·tria
interjection
Pro patria is defined as "for one’s country" in Latin.
An example of propatria is the line in the poet Horace’s Odes, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”
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pro patria
for (one's) country
Origin of pro patria
Classical LatinWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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