step-mother

step-mother
subs.
P. and V. μητρυιά̄, ἡ.

STEP-MOTHER

noverca; adjective novercalis.

step-mother: nŏverca: Cic. Clu. 70, 199: the ill-feeling of a s., novercalia odia, Tac. An. 12, 2. Met.: an unnatural parent: we cannot decide whether nature has proved a kindly parent or a harsh s. to man, non est satis aestumare parens melior homini an tristior noverca fuerit natura, Plin. 7, 1, 1.