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μητρο-φόνος

metrophonos

murdering oneʼs mother

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What it meant

μητρο-φόνος · mētro-phonos — LSJ

murdering oneʼs mother

murdering oneʼs mother, ἀντίποινʼ ὡς τίνῃς ματροφόνου δύας (Casaub. for μητροφόνας) A. Eu. 268 (lyr.).

2 matricide

as Subst., matricide, ib. 257 (lyr.).

II slayer of a mother

slayer of a mother, Nonn. D. 43.147, al.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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