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<b class="b2">Capital</b>: use P. and V. [[πόλις]] (Thuc. 2, 15). | <b class="b2">Capital</b>: use P. and V. [[πόλις]] (Thuc. 2, 15). | ||
<b class="b2">Mother city</b> (<b class="b2">of colonies</b>): P. [[μητρόπολις]], ἡ. | <b class="b2">Mother city</b> (<b class="b2">of colonies</b>): P. [[μητρόπολις]], ἡ. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mētrŏpŏlis: is, f., = μητρόπολις,
I a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city; also, the chief city, metropolis of a province (post-class.).
I Lit., Cod. Just. 11, 21; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 11.—
II Trop.: metropolis et arx mentis, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mētrŏpŏlis, is, f. (μητρόπολις), [ville- mère], métropole, capitale d’une province : Spart. Hadr. 14, 1 || source, origine : Hier. Jovin. 2, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) mētropolis1, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (μητρόπολις), die Mutterstadt, d.i. von der andere Städte ihre Kolonisten erhalten haben; od. die Hauptstadt einer Provinz, die sich zu den anderen Städten verhält wie eine Mutter zu ihren Töchtern, rein lat. mater (w. vgl.) oder patria maior, Spart. Hadr. 14, 1. Cod. Iust. 11, 22 (21), 1. Cod. Theod. 13, 3, 11. – bildl., Hieron. adv. Iovin. 2. sect. 3.
