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Mutterstaat

From LSJ

Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

German > Latin

Mutterstadt: Mutterstaat, Mutterstadt, origo (Ggstz. colonia, coloniae). – Alba, ihre M., Alba, unde oriundi erant: Milet, die M. von über 90 Städten in allen Meeren, Miletus, super XC urbium per cuncta maria genetrix.