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μήτηρ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μήτηρ μητέρος

Structure: μητερ (Stem)

Sense

  1. mother
  2. source or origin

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

  • τὴν μὲν δὴ πρώτην ἀνατροφὴν αὐτῶν μητράσι καὶ τίτθαισ καὶ παιδαγωγοῖσ ἐπιτρέπομεν ὑπὸ παιδείαισ ἐλευθερίοισ ἄγειν τε καὶ τρέφειν αὐτούσ, ἐπειδὰν δὲ συνετοὶ ἤδη γίγνωνται τῶν καλῶσ ἐχόντων, καὶ αἰδὼσ καὶ ἐρύθημα καὶ φόβοσ καὶ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ἀρίστων ἀναφύηται αὐτοῖσ, καὶ αὐτὰ ἤδη τὰ σώματα ἀξιόχρεα δοκῇ πρὸσ τοὺσ πόνουσ παγιώτερα γιγνόμενα καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἰσχυρότερον συνιστάμενα, τηνικαῦτα ἤδη παραλαβόντεσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:7)
  • καὶ φονευομένων οὔτε ναὸσ ἦν καθαρὸσ θεοῦ οὔτε ἑστία ξένιοσ οὔτε οἶκοσ πατρῷοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ γυναιξὶ γαμεταῖσ ἄνδρεσ ἐσφάττοντο καὶ παρὰ μητράσι παῖδεσ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 31 5:2)
  • ὅθεν ἐγὼ οἶμαι ξυμβῆναι αὐτοῖσ τὸ ταῖσ μητράσι μίγνυσθαι· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 9:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷ Περὶ πολιτείασ καὶ μητράσι λέγει συνέρχεσθαι καὶ θυγατράσι καὶ υἱοῖσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 10:3)
  • περὶ ἧσ οὐδὲν ἔχομεν λέγειν σαφὲσ πλὴν ὅτι ἀγριώτεροι τῶν Βρεττανῶν ὑπάρχουσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ αὐτήν, ἀνθρωποφάγοι τε ὄντεσ καὶ πολυφάγοι, τούσ τε πατέρασ τελευτήσαντασ κατεσθίειν ἐν καλῷ τιθέμενοι καὶ φανερῶσ μίσγεσθαι ταῖσ τε ἄλλαισ γυναιξὶ καὶ μητράσι καὶ ἀδελφαῖσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 5 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. mother

  2. source or origin

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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