μητέρα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.té.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈtɛ.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈte.ra/
Noun
μητέρα • (mētéra)
- accusative singular of μήτηρ (mḗtēr)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”), from Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈtera/
Noun
μητέρα • (mitéra) f (plural μητέρες, masculine πατέρας)
- mother
- η μητέρα του μαθητή ― i mitéra tou mathití ― the student's mother
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- (figuratively) mother (the first example of something)
- η μητέρα των κοινοβουλίων ― i mitéra ton koinovoulíon ― the mother of parliaments
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- (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.
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Declension
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Terms related to μητέρα (mitéra)
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See also
- see: Appendix:Greek phrasebook/Family
Further reading
- μητέρα in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
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