pro patria

[ proh pah-tri-ah; English proh pey-tree-uh, pa- ]

adverb

, Latin.

1. for one's country.

pro patria

/ ˈprəʊ ˈpætrɪˌɑː /

(no translation)

1. for one's country

Example Sentences

France was saved because the French people never faltered in their belief that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

From Project Gutenberg

So patriotic and brave was he that if "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ever was true of any hero it was of him.

From Project Gutenberg

Catilina longe a suis inter hostium cadavera repertus est: pulcherrima morte, si pro patria sic concidisset!

From Project Gutenberg

Convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patria: comp.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes.

From Project Gutenberg