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ματρύλη

From LSJ

Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ματρύλη: ἢ -ύλα, ἡ, προαγωγός, μαστροπός, προξενήτρια πορνῶν, Λατ. lena, Εὐστ. 380. 5, Σουΐδ.: μάτρυλλος, ὁ, Α. Β. 48.