μητρυιά — Middle Liddell

μητρυιά μητρυιά, Doric ματρ-, ᾶς, Ionic μητρυιή, ῆς, ἡ, a step-mother, Il., etc.: the unkindness of step-mothers was proverbial (cf. Lat. injusta noverca); hence metaph., μ. νεῶν, of a dangerous coast, Aesch.

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a step-mother

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μητρυιά

Headword (normalized):

μητρυιά

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μητρυια

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IDX:

21193

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n21214

Key:

mhtruia/

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