μήτρα

English (LSJ)

(B), ἡ, in pl.,

   A register of house-property, at Tarsus and Soli, Arist. in POxy.1802.58; sg., = κλῆρος, at Tarsus and Soli, Clitarch. ap.Hsch. (Cf. Skt. mātrā 'measure' and ἐρεσιμήτρη.)
μήτρα (A), Ion. μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ)

   A womb, Hp.Prorrh.2.24, Hdt.3.108 (dub.l.), Pl.Ti.91d, etc.: also in pl., Hp.Loc.Hom.47, Vict.1.30, Hdt. l.c.: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, Arist.HA510b14.    2 a swine's matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις Telecl.1.14; μήτραν . . πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph.220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας . . ἀποθανεῖν Alex.193, cf. Plu.2.733e, Ath.3.96f.    3 metaph., source, origin, D.L.7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph.1.441.    II core, heart-wood of trees, Thphr.HP1.6.1.    b diseased condition of the wood, 'soft-wood', ib.2.7.3.    III queen-wasp, opp. ἐργάται, Arist. HA627b32,al.    IV μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, BGU 1028.20,26 (ii A.D.); μ. θύρας, = repagulum, Gloss.