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μάτρυλλα

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Greek Monolingual

μάτρυλλα, ἡ (Α)
η μαστροπός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. μάτρυλλα είναι υποκορ. με μειωτική σημ. < μήτηρ + κατάλ. -υλλα (πρβλ. δαπάν-υλλα, χόνδρ-υλλα)].