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|Full diacritics=μήτρα
|Medium diacritics=μήτρα
|Low diacritics=μήτρα
|Capitals=ΜΗΤΡΑ
|Transliteration A=mḗtra
|Transliteration B=mētra
|Transliteration C=mitra
|Beta Code=mh/tra
|Definition=(B), ἡ, in pl., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">register of house-property</b>, at Tarsus and Soli, Arist. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1802.58</span>; sg., = [[κλῆρος]], at Tarsus and Soli, Clitarch. ap.Hsch. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">mātrā</b> 'measure' and <b class="b3">ἐρεσιμήτρη</b>.)</span><br /><span class="bld">μήτρα</span> (A), Ion. μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">womb</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span> (dub.l.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>91d</span>, etc.: also in pl., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vict.</span>1.30</span>, Hdt. l.c.: <b class="b2">the cervix including the orifice of the womb</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>510b14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> a swine's <b class="b2">matrix</b>, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις <span class="bibl">Telecl.1.14</span>; μήτραν . . πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας <span class="bibl">Antiph.220</span>; ὑπὲρ μήτρας . . ἀποθανεῖν <span class="bibl">Alex.193</span>, cf. Plu.2.733e, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.96f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">source, origin</b>, <span class="bibl">D.L.7.46</span>; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Ph.1.441</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">core, heart-wood</b> of trees, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">diseased condition</b> of the wood, 'soft-wood', ib.<span class="bibl">2.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">queen-wasp</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐργάται</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>627b32</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις</b>, <b class="b2">bolts</b> for locks, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 1028.20</span>,<span class="bibl">26</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">μ. θύρας</b>, = <b class="b2">repagulum</b>, Gloss.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0179.png Seite 179]] ἡ, die Gebärmutter; ὁ [[σκύμνος]] ἐν τῇ μήτρῃ ἐών, Her. 3, 108; τὸ δὲ [[τέκνον]] ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι πλάσσεται, ibd.; vgl. Plat. Tim. 91 b; Sp., περὶ τῆς ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ τῶν ἐμβρύων πλαστικῆς, Luc. Vit. auct. 26. – Als Speise, s. Ath. III c. 51. – Bei Arist. H. A. 9, 41 eine Art Wespen. – Bei Theophr. Kern oder Mark der Bäume.
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|lstext='''μήτρα''': Ἰων. -τρη, ἡ, ([[μήτηρ]]) Λατ. matrix, Ἱππ. Προρρ. 106, Ἡρόδ. 3. 108, Πλάτ., κτλ.· [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐν τῷ πληθ., Ἡρόδ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.· - ἢ κυριολεκτικώτερον, τὸ [[στόμα]] τῆς ὑστέρας, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 1, 22. 2) ἡ [[κοιλία]] τοῦ χοίρου, Λατ. vulva, θεωρουμένη ὡς ἔξοχον [[λίχνευμα]], μήτρας τόμοις Τηλεκλείδης, ἐν «Ἀμφικτύοσι» 1. 14· μήτραν τινὲς πωλοῦσιν ἥδιστον [[κρέας]] Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Φιλομήτορι» 1· [[ὑπὲρ]] μήτρας... ἀποθανεῖν Ἄλεξις ἐν «Ποντικῷ» 1, κτλ.· πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2. 733C, Ἀθήν. 96F. 3) μεταφορ., ἡ πηγὴ ἢ ἀρχὴ πράγματός τινος, Διογ. Λ. 7. 46. ΙΙ. ἡ [[ἐντεριώνη]], ἡ καρδία δένδρων, «ψῖχα», Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 1. 6, 1. ΙΙ. [[βασίλισσα]] τῶν σφηκῶν, κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ ἐργάται, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 41, 2· [[ὡσαύτως]] τῶν μελισσῶν, ὁ αὐτ. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «[[μήτρα]]· [[εἶδος]] [[σφηκός]]. καὶ τῶν ξύλων τὸ [[ἐντός]], ὃ καρδίαν τινὲς ἢ ἐντεριώνην καλοῦσι. καὶ νῦν ὁ [[κλῆρος]] ὑπὸ Σολέων, ὡς Κλείταρχος. καὶ ἡ τῆς γυναικός».
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|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br />matrice, ventre <i>ou</i> sein de la mère.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[μήτηρ]].
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