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ματρύλη

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ματρύλη: ἢ -ύλα, ἡ, προαγωγός, μαστροπός, προξενήτρια πορνῶν, Λατ. lena, Εὐστ. 380. 5, Σουΐδ.: μάτρυλλος, ὁ, Α. Β. 48.