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μήτρα

μήτρα, womb

μήτρα2, register of house-property

μήτρα (A), Ion. μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ)
  • womb, Hp. Prorrh. 2.24, Hdt. 3.108 (dub.l.), Pl. Ti. 91d, etc.: also in pl., Hp. Loc.Hom. 47, Vict. 1.30, Hdt. l.c.: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, Arist. HA 510b14.
      • 2 a swineʼs matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις Telecl. 1.14; μήτραν . . πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph. 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας . . ἀποθανεῖν Alex. 193, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.733e, Ath. 3.96f.
      • 3 metaph., source, origin, D.L. 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph. 1.441.
    • II core, heart-wood of trees, Thphr. HP 1.6.1.
        • b diseased condition of the wood, ‘soft-wood’, ib. 2.7.3.
    • III queen-wasp, opp. ἐργάται, Arist. HA 627b32, al.
    • IV μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, BGU 1028.20, 26 (ii A.D.); μ. θύρας, = repagulum, Gloss.
μήτρα (B), ἡ, in pl.,
  • register of house-property, at Tarsus and Soli, Arist. in POxy. 1802.58; sg., = κλῆρος, at Tarsus and Soli, Clitarch. ap. Hsch. (Cf. Skt. mātrā ‘measure’ and ἐρεσιμήτρη.)

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