μητρό-πολις, Dor.
ματρό-, poet.μητρόπτολις, Epigr.Gr. 537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), Syria 7.209 (Damascus), Nonn. D. 13.166 :εως , ἡ:—
A. 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 theμ.of the Cyprian, A. Pers. 895 (lyr.); of Corinth, as theμ.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. 2.718e .
II. one's mother-city, mothercountry, home, Pi. N. 5.8 , S. OC 707 (lyr.), Ant. 1122 (lyr.).
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