μήτρᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μήτρᾱ
μήτρας
Structure:
μητρ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- womb, paunch, rumen
- (figuratively) source, origin
Declension
First 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.
- τί δὲ εἰ ἀκούσειασ ἄλλα πολλῷ τούτων ὀξυδερκέστερα, γονῆσ τε πέρι καὶ γενέσεωσ καὶ τῆσ ἐν ταῖσ μήτραισ τῶν ἐμβρύων πλαστικῆσ, καὶ ὡσ ἄνθρωποσ μὲν γελαστικόν, ὄνοσ δὲ οὐ γελαστικὸν οὐδὲ τεκταινόμενον οὐδὲ πλωϊζόμενον; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 25:20)
- ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ τὴν σφαγὴν ἔχει τισ ὑμῶν ἐπιδεῖξαι ὅπου ἐγένετο ἢ πῶσ αὐτοῦ ἡ γαστήρ πεπλήρωται παντοίων ἀγαθῶν, καὶ γὰρ κίχλασ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει καὶ ἄλλα ὀρνίθια ὑπογαστρίων τε μέρη χοιρείων καὶ μήτρασ τόμουσ καὶ τῶν ᾠῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἔτι δὲ ὀρνίθων ’ γαστέρεσ αὐταῖσι μήτραισ καὶ καλῶν ζωμῶν πλέεσ καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν εἰσ λεπτὰ κατακνιζόμενα καὶ μετὰ πεπερίδων συμπλαττόμενα ἰσίκια γὰρ ’ ὀνομάζειν αἰδοῦμαι ’ τὸν Οὐλπιανόν, καίπερ αὐτὸν εἰδὼσ ἡδέωσ αὐτοῖσ χρώμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 192)
- εἰκὸσ οὖν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν ἐναργέστερον ἐν ταῖσ μήτραισ φωράσειν ἡμᾶσ τὴν καθεκτικήν, ὅσῳ καὶ πολυχρονιωτέραν τῆσ γαστρὸσ τὴν ἐνέργειαν κέκτηται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 31)
- ταῦτ’ ἄρα καὶ ὁ τῆσ φλεβὸσ χιτὼν εἷσ ὢν ἐκ πολυειδῶν ἰνῶν ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀρτηρίασ ὁ μὲν ἔξωθεν ἐκ τῶν στρογγύλων, ὁ δ’ ἔσωθεν ἐκ μὲν τῶν εὐθειῶν πλείστων, ὀλίγων δέ τινων σὺν αὐταῖσ καὶ τῶν λοξῶν, ὥστε τὰσ μὲν φλέβασ ταῖσ μήτραισ καὶ ταῖσ κύστεσιν ἐοικέναι κατά γε τὴν τῶν ἰνῶν σύνθεσιν, εἰ καὶ τῷ πάχει λείπονται, τὰσ δ’ ἀρτηρίασ τῇ γαστρί. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 118)
