προμήτωρ
From LSJ
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
Dor. προμάτωρ, ορος, ἡ,
A first mother of a race, A.Th. 140 (lyr.), E.Ph.676 (lyr.), 828 (lyr.), Luc.Am.19. II masc., maternal grandfather, Hsch. III epith. of Athena, prob. in Them.Or.13.180a (voc. πρόματερ codd.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 734] ορος, ἡ, Vormutter, Stammmutter, Eur. Phoen. 681 u. Sp. S. προμάτωρ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προμήτωρ: Δωρ. προμάτωρ, ορος, ἡ, πρώτη μήτηρ γένους, ἐσχηματίσθη κατὰ τὸ προπάτωρ, Κύπρις, ἅτ’ εἶ γένους προμάτωρ Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 140, Εὐρ. Φοίν. 676. 828.
