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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

  • παῖ τῆσ μελῳδοῦ μητέροσ Μουσῶν μιᾶσ Θρῃκόσ τε ποταμοῦ Στρυμόνοσ, φιλῶ λέγειν τἀληθὲσ αἰεὶ κοὐ διπλοῦσ πέφυκ’ ἀνήρ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics5)
  • δεινὸν δὲ ναυσὶν ἀρτίωσ πόντου σάλον παύσαντ’ ἀφίγμεθ’ Ἄργοσ, ὡσ ἐσείδομεν σφαγὰσ ἀδελφῆσ τῆσδε, μητέροσ δὲ σῆσ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 1:3)
  • Λοξίασ γὰρ αἰτίαν ἐσ αὑτὸν οἴσει, μητέροσ χρήσασ φόνον. (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:3)
  • ἐξ εὐγενοῦσ μὲν πατρὸσ ἔκ τε μητέροσ πέφυκα, Νυκτὸσ Οὐρανοῦ τ’ ἀφ’ αἵματοσ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 1:7)
  • μόνη, μονωθεῖσ’ ἀπὸ πατρὸσ καὶ μητέροσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 2:37)

Synonyms

  1. mother

  2. source or origin

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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