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μητρό-πολις

metropolis · ἡ

mother-state

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μητρό-πολις · mētro-polis — LSJ

mother-state

mother-state, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, Hdt. 7.51, Th. 6.82; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt. 8.31, Th. 1.107, 3.92; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, Hdt. 2.29; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi. P. 4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon. 93; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, A. Pers. 895 (lyr.); of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, Th. 1.24; of Rome, Gal. 14.296.

2

metaph., ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Hp. Carn. 4; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.199; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (sc. μαθημάτων) Philol. ap. Plu. QConv. 2.718e.

II oneʼs mother-city, mother-country, home

oneʼs mother-city, mother-country, home, Pi. N. 5.8, S. OC 707 (lyr.), Ant. 1122 (lyr.).

2 motherʼs city

ἁ σὰ ματρόπολις thy motherʼs city, Isyll. 59.

III capital city

capital city, X. An. 5.2.3, 5.4.15; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, OGI 496.6, IG 3.485; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, of Miletus, ib. 480.

b chief town

in Egypt, chief town of a νομός, PRev.Laws 48.16 (iii B. C.), BGU 326 ii 10 (ii A. D.), etc.

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