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μητρῷος

μητρῷος, of a mother, a mother’s, maternal

μητρῷος, Dor. ματρ-, α, ον, contr. for μητρώϊος (q. v.),
  • of a mother, αἷμα A. Eu. 230; τὰ πατρῷα καὶ μ. πήματα S. OC 1196; μ. δέμας, periphr. for τὴν μητέρα, A. Eu. 84; οἱ πατρῷοι καὶ μ. θεοί X. Cyn. 1.15, cf. IG 3.235; μ. τροφή, γάλα, Sor. 1.86, 87; μ. κληρονομία PSI 1.66.2 (v A. D.); τὰ μ. PMasp. 6 ii 91 (vi A. D.).
      • 2 τὸ μ. μόριον, = μήτρα, Hp. Epid. 6.5.8.
    • II Μητρῷον (sc. ἱερόν), τό, temple of Demeter, Clitodem. 1: more freq. temple of Cybele, esp. at Athens, where it was the depository of the state archives, D. 19.129, Aeschin. 3.187, Chamael. ap. Ath. 9.407c, IG 2(2).463.28.
      • 2 Μητρῷα (sc. ἱερά), τά, the worship of Cybele, D.H. Dem. 22, Plu. Pyth. 2.407c, IG 12(7).237.64 (Amorgos).
        • b Μητρῷα, τά, music played in her honour, Duris 16 J.; in full, τὰ M. μέλη D.H. 2.19; τὸ M. αὔλημα Paus. 10.30.9.
      • 3 Μητρῷος, ὁ (sc. μήν), month in Bithynia, Hemerolog.Flor.

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