μητροκτονέω
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
A kill one's mother, commit matricide A.Eu.202, al., E.Or.887, Arist.EN1110a29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 179] die Mutter tödten; Aesch. Eum. 193 u. öfter; Eur. Or. 885; Arist. eth. 3, 1; Luc. Ner. 10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μητροκτονέω: φονεύω τὴν μητέρα μου, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 202, 427, 595, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 887, Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 3. 1, 8.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
tuer sa mère.
Étymologie: μητροκτόνος.
Greek Monotonic
μητροκτονέω: σκοτώνω τη μητέρα μου, σε Αισχύλ., Ευρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μητροκτονέω: убивать (свою) мать Aesch., Eur. etc.
Middle Liddell
μητροκτονέω,
to kill one's mother, Aesch., Eur. [from μητροκτόνος