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μήτρως

metros

male relative of the mother, maternal uncle, grandfather

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What it meant

1. μήτρως · mētrōs — Beekes

μήτρως [m.] ‘male relative of the mother, maternal uncle, grandfather’ (IL). «1Ὲ *meh,tér ‘mother’, *meh,tr-du- ‘relative of the mother’> VAR Dor. μάτρως, -woc and -w (further forms in Schwyzer: 480 and in LSJ). *DER μητρώϊος, -ῷος (Dor. μα-) properly ‘belonging to the μήτρωες, ie. to the mother’s family’ (τ 410), later referring to μήτηρ directly: ‘what belongs to the mother, maternal’ (A.); τὸ Μητρῷον (scil. … — [Beekes, s.v. μήτρως, p. 1000]

2. μήτρως · mētrōs — Frisk

μήτρως, dor. μάτρως, -wos u. -w (weitere Formen bei Schwyzer δ, 480 und in 1,34 m. "männlicher Verwandter der Mutter, Oheim, Großvater’ (seit Il.). — Davon μητρώϊος, -&os (dor. na-) eig. “den μήτρωες, d.h. der mütterlichen Sippe gehörig’ (τ 410), dann mit direkter Beziehung auf μήτηο "was der Mutter gehört, mütterlich’ (A. usw.); τὸ ἴἥητρῷον (sc. ἱερόν) “der Tempel der großen Mutter Kybele’, in Athen als … — [Frisk, s.v. μήτρως, p. 1205]

3. μήτρως · mētrōs — Frisk

μήτρως, μητρυιά. Zur Stammbildung mit Versuch, das ö(u-): ü-Suffix etymologisch aufzuklären, Schmeja IF 68 (1963) 22ff. m. Lit. Über μητρῷος (und πατρῷος) noch Benveniste Institutions I 272ff. — [Frisk, s.v. μήτρως, p. 2279]

4. μήτρως · mētrōs — LSJ

maternal uncle

maternal uncle, Il. 2.662, 16.717, Hdt. 4.80, etc.: dat. μάτρωϊ Pi. I. 7 (6).24.

2 relation by the motherʼs side

generally, relation by the motherʼs side, μάτρωες ἄνδρες Id. O. 6.77, cf. N. 10.37, E. HF 43.

3

= μητροπάτωρ, Pi. O. 9.63.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μήτρως (scan p. 1000; entry #4081). Root candidates: *mdtruyi-, *médruyién-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μήτρως (scan p. 1205; entry #3882).

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