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μᾱ́τηρ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μᾱ́τηρ ματρός

Structure: μᾱτηρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. Doric and Aeolic form of μήτηρ ‎(mḗtēr)

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔ[κλαγ]ον δὲ παρθένοι, φίλασ τ’ ἀνὰ ματρὶ χεῖρασ ἔβαλλον· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 11:4)
  • ἄμυνε ματρί, πόλισ, ἄμυνε, Παλλάδοσ, νόμουσ βροτῶν μὴ μιαίνειν. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • ἰὼ ἰώ, πᾶ φέρεισ δάκρυα φίλᾳ ματρὶ τῶν ὀλωλότων; (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 12)
  • δυοῖν δ’ ἄχη, ματρί τ’ ἔλιπεν ‐ σέ τ’ οὔποτ’ ἄλγη πατρῷα λείψει. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 36)
  • διὰ πυρὸσ ἔμολον ἁ τάλαινα ματρὶ τᾷδ’, ἅ μ’ ἔτικτε κούραν. (Euripides, choral, strophe 15)

Synonyms

  1. Doric and Aeolic form of μήτηρ ‎

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