μητρυιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ματρ-, ᾶς, Ion. μητρυιή, ῆς, ἡ, Aeol. ματροία <span class="title">IG</span> 12(2).257.6 (Lesbos):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[stepmother]], <span class="bibl">Il. 13.697</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.162</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>305</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>930b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., from the proverbial unkindness of stepmothers, <span class="bibl">Is. 12.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐδικαίευ εἶναι καὶ τῷ ἔργῳ μ</b>., i. e. not only in name, but in reality, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλότε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη, ἀλλότε μήτηρ</b>, of unlucky and lucky days, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>825</span>; <b class="b3">μ. νεῶν</b>, of a dangerous coast, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>727</span>; <b class="b3">τρεφόμενοι οὐχ ὑπὸ μητρυιᾶς ἀλλ' ὑπὸ μητρὸς τῆς χώρας</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς Ἀττικῆς</b>) Pl.μχ. 237b, cf. Plu.2.201e. (Cf. Arm. [[mauru]] 'stepmother', OE. [[módrie]] 'mother's sister'.)</span>