μητρυιά

metryia

stepmother

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book II 1
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672b4
Book XI 1
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930b6
Menexenus 1
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237b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

μητρυιά, 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 ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ μητρὸς τῆς χώρας (sc. τῆς Ἀττικῆς) Pl.μχ. 237b, cf. Plu. 2.201e. (Cf. Arm. mauru ‘stepmother’, OE. módrie ‘motherʼs sister’.)

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