μητέρα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.té.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝ˈte.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
Noun edit
μητέρα • (mētéra)
- accusative singular of μήτηρ (mḗtēr)
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”), from Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
μητέρα • (mitéra) f (plural μητέρες, masculine πατέρας)
- mother
- η μητέρα του μαθητή ― i mitéra tou mathití ― the student's mother
- (figuratively) mother (the first example of something)
- η μητέρα των κοινοβουλίων ― i mitéra ton koinovoulíon ― the mother of parliaments
- (figuratively, colloquial) mother (something that is the greatest of its kind)
- Ήταν μητέρα των μαχών.
- Ítan mitéra ton machón.
- It was the mother of battles.
Declension edit
declension of μητέρα
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Related terms edit
- (Katharevousa) μητρότης f (mitrótis, “motherhood, maternity”)
- (Katharevousa) μητρυιά f (mitryiá, “stepmother”)
- μήτρα f (mítra, “womb”)
- μητριαρχία f (mitriarchía, “matriarchy”)
- μητρική κάρτα f (mitrikí kárta, “motherboard”)
- μητρικός (mitrikós, “motherly”)
- μητροκτονία f (mitroktonía, “matricide”)
- μητροκτόνος m or f (mitroktónos, “matricide”)
- μητρότητα f (mitrótita, “motherhood, maternity”)
Further reading edit
- μητέρα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.