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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 ἐβοήθησέ σοι ὁ Θεὸσ ὁ ἐμὸσ καὶ εὐλόγησέ σε εὐλογίαν οὐρανοῦ ἄνωθεν καὶ εὐλογίαν γῆσ ἐχούσησ πάντα. εἵνεκεν εὐλογίασ μαστῶν καὶ μήτρασ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:25)
  • μὴ γένηται ὡσεὶ ἴσον θανάτῳ, ὡσεὶ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ μήτρασ μητρὸσ καὶ κατεσθίει τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 12:12)
  • εἰσῆλθεν ὀπίσω τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Ἰσραηλίτου εἰσ τὴν κάμινον καὶ ἀπεκέντησεν ἀμφοτέρουσ, τόν τε ἄνθρωπον τὸν Ἰσραηλίτην καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα διὰ τῆσ μήτρασ αὐτῆσ. καὶ ἐπαύσατο ἡ πληγὴ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 25:8)
  • ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπεῤῥίφην ἐκ μήτρασ, ἐκ κοιλίασ μητρόσ μου Θεόσ μου εἶ σύ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:11)
  • ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρασ, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρόσ, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:4)

Synonyms

  1. source

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