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μητρῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μητρῷος

Structure: μητρῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for mhtrw/ios (which occurs in Od.)

Sense

  1. of a mother, a mother's, maternal, a mother's right.
  2. the temple of Cybele

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ κύμβαλον μετὰ χεῖρασ ἔχει καὶ λέοντασ ὑπὸ τῷ θρόνῳ, καὶ κάθηται ὥσπερ ἐν τῷ Μητρῴῳ Ἀθήνησιν ἡ τοῦ Φειδίου. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 2:1)
  • Θησέωσ τὸ μὲν πατρῷον γένοσ εἰσ Ἐρεχθέα καὶ τοὺσ πρώτουσ αὐτόχθονασ ἀνήκει, τῷ δὲ μητρῴῳ Πελοπίδησ ἦν. (Plutarch, chapter 3 1:1)
  • ἐν τοίνυν τῷ Μητρώῳ παρὰ τὸ Βουλευτήριον, ἣν ἔδοτε δωρεὰν τοῖσ ἀπὸ φυλῆσ φεύγοντα τὸν δῆμον καταγαγοῦσιν, ἔστιν ἰδεῖν . (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters145)
  • ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ μὲν τῆσ ἐξωμοσίασ ἐν τοῖσ κοινοῖσ τοῖσ ὑμετέροισ γράμμασιν ἐν τῷ μητρῴῳ ταῦτ’ ἐστίν, ἐφ’ οἷσ ὁ δημόσιοσ τέτακται, καὶ ψήφισμ’ ἄντικρυσ περὶ τούτου τοῦ ὀνόματοσ γέγραπται· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 168:2)
  • ἐν τοίνυν τῷ Μητρώῳ ἣν ἔδοτε δωρεὰν τοῖσ ἀπὸ Φυλῆσ φεύγοντα τὸν δῆμον καταγαγοῦσιν, ἔστιν ἰδεῖν. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1871)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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