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|Definition=Dor. [[ματρόπολις]], ''poet.'' [[μητρόπτολις]], Epigr.Gr.537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), Syria7.209 (Damascus), Nonn.D.13.166: εως, ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mother city]], [[metropolis]], [[motherland]] of a [[colony]], [[mother-state]], as related to her colonies, of [[Athens]] in relation to the [[Ionian]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.51, Th.6.82; of [[Doris]] in [[relation]] to the Peloponn. [[Dorian]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.31, Th.1.107, 3.92; of [[Meroe]] in relation to the [[Ethiopian]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.29; of [[Thera]], μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi.P.4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon.93; of the [[Attic]] [[Salamis]], as the [[μητρόπολις]] of the [[Cyprian]], A.Pers.895(lyr.); of [[Corinth]], as the [[μητρόπολις]] of [[Corcyra]], Th.1.24; of [[Rome]], Gal.14.296.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἐστὶ μητρόπολις τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ [[ἐγκέφαλος]]] Hp.Carn.4; ἡ [[ἱστορία]] μητρόπολις τῆς [[φιλοσοφία]]ς D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.199; [[γεωμετρία]] ἀρχὴ καὶ μητρόπολις τῶν ἄλλων (''[[sc.]]'' μαθημάτων) Philol. ap. Plu.2.718e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> one's [[mother-city]], [[mother-country]], [[home]], Pi.N.5.8, S.OC707 (lyr.), Ant.1122 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> ἁ σὰ [[ματρόπολις]] thy [[mother's city]], Isyll.59.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[capital city]], X.An.5.2.3, 5.4.15; ἡ μητρόπολις τῆς [[Ἀσία]]ς, of [[Ephesus]], OGI496.6, IG3.485; ἡ μητρόπολις τῆς [[Ἰωνία]]ς, of [[Miletus]], ib.480.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in [[Egypt]], [[chief town]] of a [[νομός]], PRev.Laws 48.16 (iii B. C.), BGU326 ii 10 (ii A. D.), etc.