μήτρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μήτρη (mḗtrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.traː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.tra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/

Noun

μήτρᾱ • (mḗtrā) f (genitive μήτρᾱς); first declension

womb
1. paunch, rumen
2. (figuratively) source, origin
the pith or heart of wood
a queen wasp

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μήτρᾱ; τῆς μήτρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μήτρᾱ hē mḗtrā	τὼ μήτρᾱ tṑ mḗtrā	αἱ μῆτραι hai mêtrai
Genitive	τῆς μήτρᾱς tês mḗtrās	τοῖν μήτραιν toîn mḗtrain	τῶν μητρῶν tôn mētrôn
Dative	τῇ μήτρᾳ tēî mḗtrāi	τοῖν μήτραιν toîn mḗtrain	ταῖς μήτραις taîs mḗtrais
Accusative	τὴν μήτρᾱν tḕn mḗtrān	τὼ μήτρᾱ tṑ mḗtrā	τᾱ̀ς μήτρᾱς tā̀s mḗtrās
Vocative	μήτρᾱ mḗtrā	μήτρᾱ mḗtrā	μῆτραι mêtrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “queen”): ἐργάται (ergátai, “worker”)

Descendants

Greek: μήτρα (mítra)
- → Albanian: mitër
- → Romanian: mitră
→ Classical Syriac: ܡܛܪܐ, ܡܝܛܪܐ (mêṭrā)

References

“μήτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μήτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μήτρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G3388 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
μήτρα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- matrix idem, page 518.
- queen-bee idem, page 664.

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tɾa/

Noun

μήτρα • (mítra) f (plural μήτρες)

(anatomy) womb
(mathematics) matrix
mold (anything around or on which something is formed or shaped)

Declension

Declension of **μήτρα**
	singular	plural
nominative	μήτρα (mítra)	μήτρες (mítres)
genitive	μήτρας (mítras)	μητρών (mitrón)
accusative	μήτρα (mítra)	μήτρες (mítres)
vocative	μήτρα (mítra)	μήτρες (mítres)

Synonyms

(mould): καλούπι n (kaloúpi)

Related terms

εκτυπωτής μήτρας m (ektypotís mítras, “dot matrix printer”)
μητρομανής m (mitromanís)

and see: μητέρα f (mitéra, “mother”)

Descendants

→ Albanian: mitër
→ Romanian: mitră

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

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Antonyms

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References

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