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μήτρα

metra

womb

Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μήτρα (A), Ion. μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ) A. womb, Hp. Prorrh. 2.24, Hdt. 3.108 (dub.l.), Pl. Ti. 91d, etc.: also in pl., Hp. Loc.Hom. 47, Vict. 1.30, Hdt. l.c.: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, Arist. HA 510b14. 2. a swineʼs matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις Telecl. 1.14; μήτραν . . πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph. 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας . . ἀποθανεῖν Alex. 193, cf. Plu. 2.733e, Ath. 3.96f. 3. metaph., source, origin, D.L. 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph. 1.441. II. core, heart-wood of trees, Thphr. HP 1.6.1. b. diseased condition of the wood, ‘soft-wood’, ib.2.7.3. III. queen-wasp, opp. ἐργάται, Arist. HA 627b32,al. IV. μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, BGU 1028.20,26 (ii A.D.); μ. θύρας, = repagulum, Gloss.

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