| |Definition=(A), Ion. [[μήτρη]], ἡ, ([[μήτηρ]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[womb]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span> (dub.l.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>91d</span>, etc.: also in plural, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vict.</span>1.30</span>, Hdt. [[l.c.]]: the [[cervix]] including the [[orifice]] of the [[womb]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>510b14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> a [[swine]]'s [[matrix]], reckoned a great [[dainty]], μήτρας τόμοις <span class="bibl">Telecl.1.14</span>; μήτραν… πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας <span class="bibl">Antiph.220</span>; ὑπὲρ μήτρας… [[ἀποθανεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Alex.193</span>, cf. Plu.2.733e, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.96f</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[source]], [[origin]], <span class="bibl">D.L.7.46</span>; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς <span class="bibl">Ph.1.441</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[core]], [[heart-wood]] of [[tree]]s, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[diseased condition]] of the [[wood]], 'soft-wood', ib.<span class="bibl">2.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[queen-wasp]], opp. [[ἐργάται]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>627b32</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις</b>, [[bolt]]s for [[lock]]s, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 1028.20</span>,<span class="bibl">26</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">μ. θύρας</b>, = [[repagulum]], Gloss.</span><br>(B), ἡ, in plural, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[register of house-property]], at [[Tarsus]] and [[Soli]], Arist. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1802.58</span>; sg., = [[κλῆρος]], at [[Tarsus]] and [[Soli]], Clitarch. ap.Hsch. (Cf. Skt. mātrā '[[measure]]' and [[ἐρεσιμήτρη]].)</span> | | |Definition=(A), Ion. [[μήτρη]], ἡ, ([[μήτηρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[womb]], Hp.''Prorrh.''2.24, Hdt.3.108 (dub.l.), Pl.''Ti.''91d, etc.: also in plural, Hp.''Loc.Hom.''47, ''Vict.''1.30, Hdt. [[l.c.]]: the [[cervix]] including the [[orifice]] of the [[womb]], Arist.''HA''510b14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[swine]]'s [[matrix]], reckoned a great [[dainty]], μήτρας τόμοις Telecl.1.14; μήτραν… πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph.220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας… [[ἀποθανεῖν]] Alex.193, cf. Plu.2.733e, Ath.3.96f.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[source]], [[origin]], D.L.7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph.1.441.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[core]], [[heart-wood]] of [[tree]]s, Thphr.''HP''1.6.1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[diseased condition]] of the [[wood]], 'soft-wood', ib.2.7.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[queen-wasp]], opp. [[ἐργάται]], Arist. ''HA''627b32,al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις</b>, [[bolt]]s for [[lock]]s, ''BGU'' 1028.20,26 (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">μ. θύρας</b>, = [[repagulum]], Gloss.(B), ἡ, in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[register of house-property]], at [[Tarsus]] and [[Soli]], Arist. in ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1802.58; sg., = [[κλῆρος]], at [[Tarsus]] and [[Soli]], Clitarch. ap.[[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (Cf. Skt. mātrā '[[measure]]' and [[ἐρεσιμήτρη]].) |
