μήτηρ, Dor.
μάτηρ,ἡ: though parox. in nom., it followsπατήρinthe accent of the obliq. cases, gen.μητερος
contr.
μητρός, dat.μητέρι, μητρί, both forms being found in Hom. , but the longer forms rarely in Trag. exc. lyr., as
A.
ματέρος
A. Supp. 539
; ματέρι
S. OC 1481
;μητέροςin iambics, E. HF 843 , Or. 580 , Rh. 393 : acc. alwaysμητέρα, μητέρας: voc.μῆτερ:—mother, Il. 1.351 , etc.; of animals,dam, 17.4 , Od. 10.414 ; of amother-bird, Il. 2.313 ; ofqueenbees, Arist. HA 553a29 , etc.;ἀπὸ ματρὸς φίλας, ἐκ ματρός, from one'smother's womb, Pi. P. 5.114 , A. Ch. 422 (lyr.): in pl.,mother and grandmother, Plu. Agis 9 ; as an address to elderly women, ὦ μῆτερ
D.S. 17.37
, cf. Theoc. 15.60 , etc.: in titles,μ. πατρίδος,= Mater Patriae, D.C. 58.2 ;μ. τῶν ἀηττήτων στρατοπέδων,= Mater invictorum castrorum, of Julia Domna, BGU 362 xi 16