μητροκτόνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">killing one's mother, matricidal</b>, <b class="b3">μ. φίτυμα</b>, of Orestes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1281</span>; μ. χεῖρες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>102</span>; <b class="b3">μ. μίασμα</b> the stain [[of a mother's murder]], ib.<span class="bibl">281</span>; <b class="b3">μ. κηλίς, αἷμα</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1200</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span> 1649</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Subst., [[matricide]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>493</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>975</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>869b</span>; <b class="b3">ἔσχατος Αἰνεαδῶν μ. ἡγεμονεύσει</b>, of Nero, <span class="bibl">D.C.61.16</span>.</span>