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1 μήτηρ
μήτηρ, [dialect] Dor. [full] μάτηρ, ἡ: though parox. in nom., it follows πατήρ in the accent of the obliq. cases, gen. μητερος [var] contr. μητρός, dat. μητέρι, μητρί, both forms being found in Hom., but the longer forms rarely in Trag. exc. lyr., asA ; ; μητέρος in iambics, E.HF 843, Or. 580, Rh. 393: acc. always μητέρα, μητέρας: voc. μῆτερ:— mother, Il.1.351, etc.; of animals, dam, 17.4, Od.10.414; of a mother-bird, Il.2.313; of queen bees, Arist.HA 553a29, etc.; ἀπὸ ματρὸς φίλας, ἐκ ματρός, from one's mother's womb, Pi.P.5.114, A.Ch. 422 (lyr.): in pl., mother and grandmother, Plu. Agis9; as an address to elderly women,ὦ μῆτερ D.S.17.37
, cf. Theoc.15.60, etc.: in titles, μ. πατρίδος, = Mater Patriae, D.C.58.2; μ. τῶν ἀηττήτων στρατοπέδων, = Mater invictorum castrorum, of Julia Domna, BGU 362 xi 16 (iii A.D.).2 of lands, μ. μήλων, θηρῶν, mother of flocks, of game, Il. 2.696,8.47, etc.; freq. of Earth,γῆ πάντων μ. Hes.Op. 563
;πὰρ μέσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο.. ματέρος Pi.P.4.74
;γῆ μήτηρ A.Th.16
, etc.;ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ E.Hipp. 601
; ἡ Μήτηρ, = Δημήτηρ, τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κούρῃ ὁρτὴν ἄγουσι Hdt.8.65; also of Rhea, Pi.P.3.78;ὦ Πὰν.., Ματρὸς μεγάλας ὀπαδέ Id.Fr.95
, cf. E.Hel. 1355 (lyr.);μ. ὀρεία Ar.Av. 746
(lyr.);Γαλλαὶ μητρὸς ὀρείης φιλόθυρσοι δρομάδες Lyr.Adesp.121
; M. (Halic., iv B.C.); as title of Isis, PPetr.3p.2 (cf. p.xi) (iii B.C.).3 freq. of one's native land,μᾶτερ ἐμά, Θήβα Pi.I.1.1
, cf. P.8.98, A.Th. 416, Isoc.4.25; and so, like μητρόπολις, Pi.O.9.20, cf. 6.100;ἡ Σκῦρος ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων μ. S.Ph. 326
.II poet., the origin or source of events, μ. ἀέθλων, of Olympia, Pi.O.8.1;πειθαρχία γὰρ τῆς εὐπραξίας μ. A.Th. 225
;ἡ γνώμη κακῶν μ. S.Ph. 1361
; of night, as the mother of day, A.Ag. 265; the grape of wine, Id.Pers. 614, cf. E. Alc. 757;ματέρ' οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν Pi.N.5.6
; Aphrodite of the Loves, Id.Fr.122.4; φάτις ὦ μᾶτερ αἰσχύνας ἐμᾶς, of a rumour, S.Aj. 174 (lyr.): also in Prose,γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα X.Oec.5.17
; πολιτειῶν μητέρες δύο (sc. μοναρχία and δημοκρατία) Pl.Lg. 693d. (Cf. Lat. mater, OE. módor, etc.)
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