μητρυι-ά, Dor.
ματρ-,ᾶς, Ion.
μητρυιή,ῆς,ἡ, Aeol.
ματροία
IG 12(2).257.6 (Lesbos):—
A. stepmother, Il. 13.697 , Pi. P. 4.162 , E. Alc. 305 , Pl. Lg. 930b , etc.
2. metaph., from the proverbial unkindness of stepmothers, Is. 12.5 ;ἐδικαίευ εἶναι καὶ τῷ ἔργῳ μ., i. e. not only in name, but in reality, Hdt. 4.154 ;ἀλλότε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη, ἀλλότε μήτηρ, of unlucky and lucky days, Hes. Op. 825 ;μ. νεῶν, of a dangerous coast, A. Pr. 727 ;τρεφόμενοι οὐχ ὑπὸ μητρυιᾶς ἀλλ' ὑπὸ μητρὸς τῆς χώρας(sc.τῆς Ἀττικῆς) Pl.
Μχ.
237b
, cf. Plu. 2.201e . (Cf. Arm.mauru'stepmother', O E.
módrie'mother's sister'.)