μητρο-κτονέω · mētro-ktoneō — LSJ
kill oneʼs mother
The corpus record
μητρο-κτονέω
metroktoneo
kill oneʼs mother
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Distribution
- Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Senses
Attestations
- μητροκτονῆσαι · mētroktonēsai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1110a (DIORISIS sentence 635)
- μητροκτονεῖν · mētroktonein Aeschylus, Eumenides 202
- μητροκτονεῖν · mētroktonein Aeschylus, Eumenides 427
- μητροκτονεῖν · mētroktonein Aeschylus, Eumenides 595
- μητροκτονοῦντας · mētroktonountas Euripides, Orestes *)hle/ktra (DIORISIS sentence 22)
- μητροκτονοῦντα · mētroktonounta Euripides, Orestes *)/aggelos.885 (DIORISIS sentence 631)
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