μητρυιά
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English (LSJ)
Dor. ματρ-, ᾶς, Ion. μητρυιή, ῆς, ἡ, Aeol. ματροία IG 12(2).257.6 (Lesbos):—
A stepmother, Il. 13.697, Pi.P.4.162, E.Alc.305, Pl.Lg.930b, etc. 2 metaph., from the proverbial unkindness of stepmothers, Is. 12.5; ἐδικαίευ εἶναι καὶ τῷ ἔργῳ μ., i. e. not only in name, but in reality, Hdt.4.154; ἀλλότε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη, ἀλλότε μήτηρ, of unlucky and lucky days, Hes.Op.825; μ. νεῶν, of a dangerous coast, A.Pr.727; τρεφόμενοι οὐχ ὑπὸ μητρυιᾶς ἀλλ' ὑπὸ μητρὸς τῆς χώρας (sc. τῆς Ἀττικῆς) Pl.μχ. 237b, cf. Plu.2.201e. (Cf. Arm. mauru 'stepmother', OE. módrie 'mother's sister'.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 180] ἡ, ion. u. ep. μητρυιή, die Stiefmutter, Hom. Il. 5, 70 u. öfter, u. Folgde; Pind. P. 4, 162 in dor. Form ματρυιά; Aesch. Prom. 729; Eur. oft; Her. 4, 154; Plat. Legg. II, 672 e u. A.
