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μητραλοίας

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Γάμος γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν εὐκταῖον κακόν → Conubium homini inire votivum est malum → Die Ehe ist den Menschen ein erflehtes Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 102
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Full diacritics: μητρᾰλοίας Medium diacritics: μητραλοίας Low diacritics: μητραλοίας Capitals: ΜΗΤΡΑΛΟΙΑΣ
Transliteration A: mētraloías Transliteration B: mētraloias Transliteration C: mitraloias Beta Code: mhtraloi/as

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω)

   A striking one's mother: hence, matricide, A.Eu.153 (lyr.), 210, Lys.10.8, Pl.Phd.114a, etc.:—also written μητρολῴας or μητρ-λώας, 1 Ep.Ti.1.9, Gloss.

German (Pape)

[Seite 179] auch μητραλῴας, der seine Mutter schlägt, Muttermörder; Aesch. Eum. 148. 201; Plat. Phaed. 114 a; Sp., wie Luc. Deor. Concil. 12.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μητρᾰλοίας: -ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω) ὁ τύπτων τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, μητροκτόνος, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 153, 210, Λυσ. 116. 44, Πλάτ. Φαίδων 114Α, κτλ.· ἐν τοῖς Ἀντιγράφ. κτλ. ἐνίοτε φέρεται μητραλῴας· πρβλ. πατραλοίας.