μίτρα
μίτρα, Ep. and Ion.
μίτρη,
ἡ, a piece of armour, apparently a metal guard worn round the waist,
Il. 4.137 ,
187 ,
216 ,
5.857 .
2). in later Poets, =
ζώνη ,
maiden's girdle,
Theoc. 27.54 [
μίτρᾰν cj.,
μικράν codd.],
Call. Aet. 3.1.45 ,
Mosch. 2.73 , etc.;
μ. λῦσαι A.R. 1.288 ;
λύσασθαι, ἀναλύεσθαι,
Call. Jov. 21 ,
Del. 222 ;
παρθένον ἧς ἀπέλυσε μίτρην Epigr.Gr. 319 ; also, =
στρόφιον, τὴν μ. ἣ μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε Call. Epigr. 39 , cf.
A.R. 3.867 , etc.
3). girdle worn by wrestlers, AP 15.44 .
3). headband as badge of rank at the Ptolemaic court, Arch.Pap. 1.220 .
5). head-dress of the priest of Heracles at Cos,
Plu. 2.304c ; of the Jewish high-priest,
LXX Ex. 29.6 , al.
III). = ἐπιδιδυμίς , Hp. ap. Gal. 19.123 (where μήτρη). [ῐ by nature, E. ll. cc., etc.; ῑ by position in Hom.]
ShortDef
a belt, girdle; a turban; a bandage
Mitra
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Headword (normalized):
μίτρα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μιτρα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-68125
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μίτρα</span>, Ep. and Ion. <span class="orth greek">μίτρη</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, a piece of armour, apparently a metal guard worn round the waist, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.137 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:187/canonical-url/"> 187 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:216/canonical-url/"> 216 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:857" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.857/canonical-url/"> 5.857 </a>. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in later Poets, = <span class="ref greek">ζώνη</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">maiden\'s girdle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 27.54 </a> [<span class="foreign greek">μίτρᾰν</span> cj., <span class="foreign greek">μικράν</span> codd.], <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:3:1:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:3:1:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.</span> 3.1.45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0035.tlg001:2:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0035.tlg001:2.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mosch.</span> 2.73 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μ. λῦσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.288 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λύσασθαι, ἀναλύεσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jov.</span> 21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:222/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 222 </a>; <span class="quote greek">παρθένον ἧς ἀπέλυσε μίτρην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 319 </span> ; also, = <span class="ref greek">στρόφιον, τὴν μ. ἣ μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 39 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:867" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.867/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.867 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">girdle worn by wrestlers,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 15.44 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surgical bandage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:213" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.213/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 4.213 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headband, snood</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. Λυδία νεανίδων .. ἄγαλμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:23:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:23.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 23.67 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:833" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:833/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 833 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:924" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:924/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 924 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:257" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:257/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 257 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">victor\'s chaplet</span> at the games, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.84 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5(4).62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5(4).62/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 5(4).62 </a>: metaph., <span class="foreign greek">Λυδία μίτρα καναχηδὰ πεποικιλμένα</span>, of an ode in the Lydian mode, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headband</span> as badge of rank at the Ptolemaic court, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arch.Pap.</span> 1.220 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oriental head-dress</span>, perh. a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turban</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.195 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.90/canonical-url/"> 7.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0178.tlg001:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0178.tlg001:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Duris</span> 14 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span></span>, etc.; as a mark of effeminacy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:941" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:941/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 941 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">diadem</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 166 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">head-dress</span> of the priest of Heracles at Cos, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.304c </span>; of the Jewish high-priest, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:29:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:29.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 29.6 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἐπιδιδυμίς</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 19.123 </span> (where <span class="foreign greek">μήτρη</span>)<span class="foreign greek">. [ῐ</span> by nature, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> ll. cc., etc.; <span class="pron greek">ῑ</span> by position in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>]</div> </div><br><br>'}