μητρόθεν, Dor.
ματρόθεν(alsoμήτρο-θε
Pi. I. 3.17 ),Adv., (μήτηρ)
A. from the mother, by the mother's side, Id. O. 7.24 ; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μ.
Hdt. 1.173
, cf. PMag.Par. 1.316 ; τὰ μ. Κρῆσσα
Hdt. 7.99
.
2. from one's mother, μ. δεδεγμένη
A. Ch. 750
, cf. Ar. Ach. 478 .
3. from one's mother's womb, φυγόντα μ. σκότον
A. Th. 664
, cf. Ch. 607 (lyr.): with the force of a gen.,ἦ ματρόθεν . . λέκτρ' ἐπλήσω; S. OC 527 (lyr.).— Poet. word, used by Hdt. , and in later Prose, Luc. Tox. 51 , Alex. 11 , Arch.Pap. 2.444
(ii A.D.), D.C. 49.23 .