μητρόθεν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ματρόθεν (also μήτρο-θε <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>3.17</span>), Adv., (μήτηρ) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from the mother, by the mother's side</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>7.24</span>; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.173</span>, cf. <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.316; τὰ μ. Κρῆσσα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[from one's mother]], μ. δεδεγμένη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>750</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>478</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">from one's mother's womb</b>, φυγόντα μ. σκότον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>664</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>607</span> (lyr.): with the force of a gen., <b class="b3">ἦ ματρόθεν… λέκτρ' ἐπλήσω</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>527</span> (lyr.).— Poet. word, used by Hdt., and in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>11</span>, <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>2.444 (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">D.C.49.23</span>.</span>