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Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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Revision as of 18:13, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
Dor. ματρό-, poet. μητρόπτολις, Epigr.Gr.537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), Syria7.209 (Damascus), Nonn.D.13.166: εως, ἡ:—
A mother-state, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, Hdt.7.51, Th.6.82; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt.8.31, Th.1.107, 3.92; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, Hdt.2.29; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi.P.4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon.93; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, A.Pers.895(lyr.); of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, Th.1.24; of Rome, Gal.14.296. 2 metaph., ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Hp.Carn.4; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.199; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (sc. μαθημάτων) Philol. ap. Plu.2.718e. II one's mother-city, mothercountry, home, Pi.N.5.8, S.OC707 (lyr.), Ant.1122 (lyr.). 2 ἁ σὰ ματρόπολις thy mother's city, Isyll.59. III capital city, X.An.5.2.3, 5.4.15; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, OGI496.6, IG3.485; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, of Miletus, ib.480. b in Egypt, chief town of a νομός, PRev.Laws 48.16 (iii B. C.), BGU326 ii 10 (ii A. D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 180] ἡ, die Mutterstadt in Beziehung auf die von ihr ausgegangenen Colonien od. Tochterstädte; μεγαλᾶν πολίων ματρόπολιν γενέσθαι, Pind. P. 4, 20; von Attika, Soph. O. C. 711; auch Βακχᾶν μητρόπολιν Θήβαν, Ant. 1109; in Prosa, Her. 7, 51. 8, 31; Thuc. 1, 24. 107 u. öfter; Plat. Critia. 115 c. Bei Ath. XII, 547 d Geburtsstadt der Mutter. – Uebtr. ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας, D. Sic. 1, 2; vgl. Ath. III, 104 b.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μητρόπολις: Δωρ. ματρ-, εως, ἡ· - ἡ μήτηρ πόλις ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τὰς ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀποικίας, ἐπὶ Ἀθηνῶν ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τοὺς Ἴωνας, Ἡρόδ. 7. 51, Θουκ. 6. 82· ἐπὶ τῆς Δωρίδος ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ Δωριεῖς, Ἡρόδ. 8. 31, Θουκ. 1. 107., 3. 92· ἐπὶ τῆς Μερόπης ἐν σχέσει πρὸς τοὺς Αἰθίοπας, Ἡρόδ. 2. 29· ἐπὶ τῆς Θήρας, μ. μεγάλων πολίων Πινδ. Π. 4. 34, πρβλ. Σιμων. 100· ἐπὶ τῆς παρὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν Σαλαμῖνος, ἥτις ὑπῆρξε μητρόπολις τῆς ἐν Κύπρῳ Σαλαμῖνος, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 895˙ ἐπὶ τῆς Κορίνθου ὡς μητροπόλεως τῆς Κερκύρας, Θουκ. 1. 24. 2) μεταφορ., ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Ἱππ. 249. 49˙ ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας Διόδ. 1. 2, πρβλ. Χρύσιππ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 104 Α. ΙΙ. ἡ μητρόπολις, ἡ πατρίς τινος, Πινδ. Ν. 5. 16, Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 707, Ἀντ. 1122. ΙΙΙ. ἡ πρωτεύουσα πόλις, Ξεν. Ἀν. 5. 2, 3., 5. 4, 15˙ ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, πιθαν. ἡ Ἔφεσος, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 335˙ ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, δηλ. ἡ Μίλητος, αὐτόθι 339, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
propr. cité-mère, càd :
1 métropole;
2 ville principale ou capitale;
3 cité natale, patrie;
4 fig. source, fondement.
Étymologie: μήτηρ, πόλις.
English (Strong)
from μήτηρ and πόλις; a mother city, i.e. "metropolis": chiefest city.
English (Thayer)
μητροπολεως, ἡ (μήτηρ and πόλις), a metropolis, chief city; in the spurious subscription 1 Timothy 6:(22) at the end; (in this sense from Xenophon down).
