μητρόπολις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ματρό-, poet. μητρόπτολις, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), <span class="title">Syria</span>7.209 (Damascus), <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>13.166</span>: εως<b class="b3">, ἡ</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mother-state</b>, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.82</span>; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.107</span>, <span class="bibl">3.92</span>; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.29</span>; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.20</span>; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις <span class="bibl">Simon.93</span>; of the Attic Salamis, as the <b class="b3">μ</b>. of the Cyprian, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>895</span>(lyr.); of Corinth, as the <b class="b3">μ</b>. of Corcyra, <span class="bibl">Th.1.24</span>; of Rome, Gal.14.296. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος</b>] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Carn.</span>4</span>; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας <span class="bibl">D.S. 1.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.199</span>; <b class="b3">γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">μαθημάτων</b>) Philol. ap. Plu.2.718e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">one's mother-city, mothercountry, home</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.8</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>707</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>1122</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἁ σὰ</b> <b class="b3">ματρόπολις</b> thy <b class="b2">mother's city</b>, <span class="bibl">Isyll.59</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">capital city</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">5.4.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας</b>, of Ephesus, <span class="title">OGI</span>496.6, <span class="title">IG</span>3.485; <b class="b3">ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας</b>, of Miletus, ib.480. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in Egypt, <b class="b2">chief town</b> of a <b class="b3">νομός</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 48.16</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>326 ii 10</span> (ii A. D.), etc.</span>