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μητραλοίης

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Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 299

Middle Liddell

μητρ-ᾰλοίης, ου, ὁ, ἀλοιάω
striking one's mother, a matricide, Aesch., Plat., etc.

Translations

matricide

Armenian: մայրասպան; Czech: matkovrah; French: matricide; German: Muttermörder, Muttermörderin; Greek: μητροκτόνος; Ancient Greek: ματροφόνος, μητραλοίας, μητραλοίης, μητραλῴας, μητροκτόνος, μητρολέτης, μητρολώας, μητρολῴας, μητρορραίστης, μητροφόνος; Irish: marfóir máthar; Latin: matricida; Polish: matkobójca, matkobójczyni; Portuguese: matricida; Russian: матереубийца; Serbo-Croatian Roman: materoubica, majkoubica; Swedish: modermördare