matricide
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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
