μήτρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • μήτρη (mḗtrē) – Ionic

Etymology

From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μήτρᾱ • (mḗtrā) f (genitive μήτρᾱς); first declension

  1. womb
    1. paunch, rumen
    2. (figuratively) source, origin
  2. the pith or heart of wood
  3. a queen wasp

Inflection
First declension of ἡ μήτρᾱ; τῆς μήτρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μήτρᾱ
hē mḗtrā		 τὼ μήτρᾱ
tṑ mḗtrā		 αἱ μῆτραι
hai mêtrai
Genitive τῆς μήτρᾱς
tês mḗtrās		 τοῖν μήτραιν
toîn mḗtrain		 τῶν μητρῶν
tôn mētrôn
Dative τῇ μήτρᾳ
têi mḗtrāi		 τοῖν μήτραιν
toîn mḗtrain		 ταῖς μήτραις
taîs mḗtrais
Accusative τὴν μήτρᾱν
tḕn mḗtrān		 τὼ μήτρᾱ
tṑ mḗtrā		 τᾱ̀ς μήτρᾱς
tā̀s mḗtrās
Vocative μήτρᾱ
mḗtrā		 μήτρᾱ
mḗtrā		 μῆτραι
mêtrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms
  • (queen): ἐργάται (ergátai, “worker”)

Descendants

References

Greek

Noun

μήτρα • (mítra) f (plural μήτρες)

  1. (anatomy) womb
  2. (mathematics) matrix
  3. mold (anything around or on which something is formed or shaped)

Declension
declension of μήτρα
singular plural
nominative μήτρα • μήτρες •
genitive μήτρας • μητρών •
accusative μήτρα • μήτρες •
vocative μήτρα • μήτρες •

Synonyms

Descendants

Further reading
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