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μητροφόνος

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Ἡδύ γε σιωπᾶν ἢ λαλεῖν, ἃ μὴ πρέπει → Silentium anteferendum est turpiloquentiae → Schweig lieber, als zu sagen, was sich nicht gehört

Menander, Monostichoi, 221
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Transliteration A: mētrophónos Transliteration B: mētrophonos Transliteration C: mitrofonos Beta Code: mhtrofo/nos

English (LSJ)

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   A murdering one's mother, ἀντίποιν' ὡς τίνῃς ματροφόνου δύας (Casaub. for μητροφόνας) A.Eu.268 (lyr.).    2 as Subst., matricide, ib.257 (lyr.).    II slayer of a mother, Nonn.D.43.147, al.