metropolis
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
capital: use P. and V. πόλις (Thuc. 2, 15).
mother city (of colonies): P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.
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.
Latin > English
metropolis metropolis N F :: chief/capital city; city from which other cities have been colonized (L+S)
Translations
Albanian: metropol; Bulgarian: метрополия; Catalan: metròpolis, metròpoli; Dutch: metropolis, metropool, moederstad; Esperanto: metropolo; Estonian: metropol; Finnish: metropolis, emämaa; French: métropole; Greek: μητρόπολη; Hungarian: metropolisz, anyaország; Irish: ceannchathair; Khmer: មាតុក្រុង, ទីក្រុងមេ; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: metropol; Latin: metropolis; Latvian: metropole; Norwegian: metropol; Polish: metropolia; Portuguese: metrópole; Romanian: metropolă; Russian: столица, метрополия; Serbo-Croatian: метро̀пола, metropola; Tagalog: metropoli; Turkish: metropol; Ukrainian: метрополія; Volapük: metropoel
