νεφρομῆτραι
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νεφρομῆτραι: -αἱ, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον, οἱ μυῶνες τῶν περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν μερῶν ἐν οἷς οἱ νεφροὶ κεῖνται, Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 399Β, Πολυδ. Β΄, 185· πρβλ. ψόα. ― Ἡ κοινὴ γραφὴ εἶναι νευρομῆτραι, δηλ. αἱ μητέρες τῶν μυῶν, ὡς παρὰ Ρούφ. σ. 40· ἀλλ’ ἴδε Casaub. εἰς Ἀθήν. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.
