μητρόθεν
Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead
English (LSJ)
Dor. ματρόθεν (also μήτρο-θε Pi.I.3.17), Adv., (μήτηρ)
A from the mother, by the mother's side, Id.O.7.24; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μ. Hdt. 1.173, cf. PMag.Par.1.316; τὰ μ. Κρῆσσα Hdt.7.99. 2 from one's mother, μ. δεδεγμένη A.Ch.750, cf. Ar.Ach.478. 3 from one's mother's womb, φυγόντα μ. σκότον A.Th.664, cf. Ch.607 (lyr.): with the force of a gen., ἦ ματρόθεν . . λέκτρ' ἐπλήσω; S.OC527 (lyr.).— Poet. word, used by Hdt., and in later Prose, Luc.Tox.51, Alex.11, Arch.Pap.2.444 (ii A.D.), D.C.49.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 179] von der Mutter her, von Mutterseite; ματρόθεν Ἀστυδαμείας, Pind. Ol. 7, 24; τὰ μα τρόθεν, P. 2, 28; ὃν ἐξέθρεψα μητρόθεν δεδεγμένη, Aesch. Ch. 739; φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον, Spt. 646; ἦ μητρόθεν δυσώνυμα λέκτρ' ἐπλήσω, Soph. O. C. 531; Eur. Ion 672; Ar. Ach. 454; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μητρόθεν, Her. 1, 173; Sp., wie Luc. Alex. 11.
