Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σιδηρομήτωρ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιδηρομήτωρ σιδηρομήτορος

Structure: σιδηρομητορος (Stem)

Etym.: mh/thr

Sense

  1. mother of iron

Examples

  • πῶσ ἐτόλμησασ, λιπὼν ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ αὐτόκτιτ’ ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα ἐλθεῖν ἐσ αἰᾶν; (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. mother of iron

Similar forms

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

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