μήτηρ mētēr · G3384

μήτηρ, ; Doric dialect μάτηρ, ἡ: though paroxytone in nominative, it follows πατήρ in the accent of the indirect cases, genitive μητερος contraction μητρός, dative μητέρι, μητρί, both forms being found in [], but the longer forms rarely in Trag. exc. Lyric poetry, as ματέρος []; μητέρος in iambics, []:—mother, []; of animals, dam,[]; of a mother-bird, []; of queen bees, []; ἀπὸ ματρὸς φίλας, ἐκ ματρός, from one's mother's womb, []: in plural, mother and grandmother, []; as an address to elderly …