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μήτηρ a mother, Hom., etc.; of animals, a dam, Hom.; ἀπό or ἐκ μητρός from oneʼs motherʼs womb, Pind., Aesch. also of lands, μήτηρ μήλων, θηρῶν mother of flocks, of game, Il.; of Earth, γῆ πάντων μ. Hes.; γῆ μήτηρ Aesch.; ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ Eur.:—also ἡ Μάτηρ alone for Δημήτηρ, Hdt. of oneʼs native land, μᾶτερ ἐμά, Θήβα Pind., etc. poet. as the source of events, μ. ἀέθλων, of Olympia, Pind.; night is the mother of day, Aesch.; the grape of wine, Aesch.

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a mother

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μήτηρ

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μήτηρ

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μητηρ

IDX:

21164

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n21185

Key:

mh/thr

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