μητρόθεν

μητρόθεν, Dor. ματρόθεν (also ματρόθε Pi. I. 3.17), Adv., (μήτηρ)

• from the mother, by the motherʼs side, Id. O. 7.24; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μ. Hdt. 1.173, cf. PMag.Par. 1.316; τὰ μ. Κρῆσσα Hdt. 7.99.
• • • 2 from oneʼs mother, μ. δεδεγμένη A. Ch. 750, cf. Ar. Ach. 478.
    • 3 from oneʼs motherʼs womb, φυγόντα μ. σκότον A. Th. 664, cf. Ch. 607 (lyr.): with the force of a gen., ἦ ματρόθεν . . λέκτρʼ ἐπλήσω; S. OC 527 (lyr.).— Poet. word, used by Hdt., and in later Prose, Luc. Tox. 51, Alex. 11, Arch.Pap. 2.444 (ii A.D.), D.C. 49.23.

μητρόθεν, von der Mutter her, von Mutterseite ; ματρόθεν Ἀστυδαμείας, Pind. Ol. 7.24 ; τὰ ματρόθεν, P. 2.28 ; ὃν ἐξέθρεψα μητρόθεν δεδεγμένη, Aesch. Ch. 739 ; φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον, Spt. 646 ; ἦ μητρόθεν δυσώνυμα λέκτρʼ ἐπλήσω, Soph. O.C. 531 ; Eur. Ion 672 ; Ar. Ach. 454 ; καταλέξει ἑωυτὸν μητρόθεν, Her. 1.173 ; Sp., wie Luc. Alex. 11.

For Pindar, see also: ματρόθεν

μητρόθεν μήτηρ

• • • 1from the mother, by the motherʼs side, Hdt., Pind.
    • 2from oneʼs mother, from oneʼs motherʼs hand, Aesch., Ar.
    • 3from oneʼs motherʼs womb, Aesch.