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μήτρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μήτρᾱ μήτρας

Structure: μητρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: mh/thr

Sense

  1. womb, paunch, rumen
  2. (figuratively) source, origin

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μήτρᾱ μήτρᾱ μῆτραι
Genitive μήτρᾱς μήτραιν μητρῶν
Dative μήτρᾱͅ μήτραιν μήτραις
Accusative μήτρᾱν μήτρᾱ μήτρᾱς
Vocative μήτρᾱ μήτρᾱ μῆτραι

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

  • καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ἡ γυνή, ἧσ ἦν ὁ υἱὸσ ὁ ζῶν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα, ὅτι ἐταράχθη ἡ μήτρα αὐτῆσ ἐπὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτῆσ, καὶ εἶπεν. ἐν ἐμοί, κύριε, δότε αὐτῇ τὸ παιδίον καὶ θανάτῳ μὴ θανατώσητε αὐτό. καὶ αὕτη εἶπε. μήτε ἐμοὶ μήτε αὐτῇ ἔστω, διέλετε. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 3:26)
  • ἀρχὴ σοφίασ φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μετὰ πιστῶν ἐν μήτρᾳ συνεκτίσθη αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 1:15)
  • ἐκάκωσαν γὰρ αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν μήτρᾳ ἡγιάσθη προφήτησ ἐκριζοῦν καὶ κακοῦν καὶ ἀπολλύειν, ὡσαύτωσ οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 49:7)
  • ὅτι οὐκ ἀπέκτεινέ με ἐν μήτρᾳ μητρὸσ καὶ ἐγένετό μοι ἡ μήτηρ μου τάφοσ μου καὶ ἡ μήτρα συλλήψεωσ αἰωνίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 20:17)

Synonyms

  1. source

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