1. μήτρα · mētra — Beekes
1 ‘uterus
The corpus record
μήτρα
metra1
1 ‘uterus
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Sacred Disease 3 · 6.54/10k
- De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
- Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
- Exodus 6 · 2.53/10k
- Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
- Numeri 5 · 2.17/10k
- Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
- Jeremias 4 · 1.44/10k
- Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
- Genesis 4 · 1.33/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μήτρα · mētra — Frisk
1
3. μήτρα · mētra — Frisk
oberer, höherer
4. μήτρα · mētra — LSJ
womb, the cervix including the orifice of the womb, matrix
Attestations
- μῆτραί · mētrai Plato, Timaeus 91 (DIORISIS sentence 886)
- μήτραν · mētran Plato, Timaeus 91 (DIORISIS sentence 886)
- μήτραις · mētrais Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 67)
- μητρῶν · mētrōn Plotinus, Enneads 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2486)
- μήτραν · mētran Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.36.1 (DIORISIS sentence 462)
- μήτραν · mētran Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.26.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1725)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1000; entry #4080 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 716; entry #5297 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1948; entry #5860 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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