μητρόπολις
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
Dor. ματρό-, poet. μητρόπτολις, Epigr.Gr.537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), Syria7.209 (Damascus), Nonn.D.13.166: εως, ἡ:—
A mother-state, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, Hdt.7.51, Th.6.82; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt.8.31, Th.1.107, 3.92; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, Hdt.2.29; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi.P.4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon.93; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, A.Pers.895(lyr.); of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, Th.1.24; of Rome, Gal.14.296. 2 metaph., ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Hp.Carn.4; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.3.199; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (sc. μαθημάτων) Philol. ap. Plu.2.718e. II one's mother-city, mothercountry, home, Pi.N.5.8, S.OC707 (lyr.), Ant.1122 (lyr.). 2 ἁ σὰ ματρόπολις thy mother's city, Isyll.59. III capital city, X.An.5.2.3, 5.4.15; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, OGI496.6, IG3.485; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, of Miletus, ib.480. b in Egypt, chief town of a νομός, PRev.Laws 48.16 (iii B. C.), BGU326 ii 10 (ii A. D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 180] ἡ, die Mutterstadt in Beziehung auf die von ihr ausgegangenen Colonien od. Tochterstädte; μεγαλᾶν πολίων ματρόπολιν γενέσθαι, Pind. P. 4, 20; von Attika, Soph. O. C. 711; auch Βακχᾶν μητρόπολιν Θήβαν, Ant. 1109; in Prosa, Her. 7, 51. 8, 31; Thuc. 1, 24. 107 u. öfter; Plat. Critia. 115 c. Bei Ath. XII, 547 d Geburtsstadt der Mutter. – Uebtr. ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας, D. Sic. 1, 2; vgl. Ath. III, 104 b.
