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matricide

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Νύμφη δ' ἄπροικος οὐκ ἔχει παρρησίαν → Sine dote nupta ius loquendi non habet → Doch ohne Mitgift hat die Braut kein Rederecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 371

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substantive

one who kills his mother: P. and V. μητραλοίας, ὁ, μητροκτόνος, ὁ (Plato but rare P.), V. μητροφόντης, ὁ.

commit matricide, v.: V. μητροκτονεῖν.

Translations

Armenian: մայրասպան; Czech: matkovrah; French: matricide; German: Muttermörder, Muttermörderin; Greek: μητροκτόνος; Ancient Greek: ματροφόνος, μητραλοίας, μητραλοίης, μητραλῴας, μητροκτόνος, μητρολέτης, μητρολώας, μητρολῴας, μητρορραίστης, μητροφόνος; Irish: marfóir máthar; Latin: matricida; Polish: matkobójca, matkobójczyni; Portuguese: matricida; Russian: матереубийца; Serbo-Croatian Roman: materoubica, majkoubica; Swedish: modermördare