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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/, /ˈmi.tir/, /ˈmi.tir/, /mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.te̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.tir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.tir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.tir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re), Doric μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognates include Phrygian ματαρ (matar), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Latin māter, Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), and Old English mōdor (English mother). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*mā́tēr}} Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr, {{cog|gmy|𐀔𐀳𐀩}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re), {{m|grc|μᾱ́τηρ}} μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, {{cog|xpg|ματαρ}} Phrygian ματαρ (matar), {{cog|xcl|մայր}} Old Armenian մայր (mayr), {{cog|la|māter}} Latin māter, {{cog|peo|𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠|ts=mātā}} Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/), {{cog|ae|𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭}} Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), {{cog|sa|मातृ|tr=mā́tṛ}} Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), {{cog|cu|мати}} Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), {{cog|ang|mōdor}} Old English mōdor, {{cog|en|mother}} English mother Head templates: {{grc-noun|μητέρος|f|third|gen2=μητρός}} μήτηρ • (mḗtēr) f (genitive μητέρος or μητρός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|μήτηρ|μητρός|μητρῐ́|μητέρᾰ|μῆτερ|μητέρε|μητέροιν|μητέρες|μητέρων|μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)|μητέρᾰς|form=F}}, {{grc-decl|irreg|μήτηρ|μητέρος, μητρός|μητέρῐ, μητρῐ́|μητέρᾰ|μῆτερ|μητέρε|μητέροιν|μητέρες|μητέρων|μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)|μητέρᾰς|dial=epi|form=F}} Forms: mḗtēr [romanization], μητέρος [genitive], μητρός [genitive], Attic irregular [table-tags], ἡ μήτηρ [nominative, singular], τὼ μητέρε [dual, nominative], αἱ μητέρες [nominative, plural], τῆς μητρός [genitive, singular], τοῖν μητέροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μητέρων [genitive, plural], τῇ μητρῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν μητέροιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μητρᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], μητρᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs mētrási [dative, plural], taîs mētrásin [dative, plural], τὴν μητέρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ μητέρε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μητέρᾰς [accusative, plural], μῆτερ [singular, vocative], μητέρε [dual, vocative], μητέρες [plural, vocative], Epic irregular [table-tags], μήτηρ [nominative, singular], μητέρε [dual, nominative], μητέρες [nominative, plural], μητέρος [genitive, singular], μητρός [genitive, singular], μητέροιν [dual, genitive], μητέρων [genitive, plural], μητέρῐ [dative, singular], μητρῐ́ [dative, singular], μητέροιν [dative, dual], μητρᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], μητρᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], mētrási [dative, plural], mētrásin [dative, plural], μητέρᾰ [accusative, singular], μητέρε [accusative, dual], μητέρᾰς [accusative, plural], μῆτερ [singular, vocative], μητέρε [dual, vocative], μητέρες [plural, vocative]
  1. mother Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents
    Sense id: en-μήτηρ-grc-noun-zwYi7ypm Disambiguation of Female family members: 65 35 Disambiguation of Parents: 63 37
  2. source or origin
    Sense id: en-μήτηρ-grc-noun-KEwXH7b6 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 21 79 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr) [Doric], μᾱ́ταρ — Arcadocypriot (mā́tar) Derived forms: Μητρόδωρος (Mētródōros), μητρόπολῐς (mētrópolis), Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Mētródōros",
      "word": "Μητρόδωρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mētrópolis",
      "word": "μητρόπολῐς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Dēmḗtēr",
      "word": "Δημήτηρ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μητέρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μητέρα (mitéra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μητέρα (mitéra)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*mā́tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀔𐀳𐀩"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μᾱ́τηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "ματαρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phrygian ματαρ (matar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "մայր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian մայր (mayr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin māter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠",
        "ts": "mātā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मातृ",
        "tr": "mā́tṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "мати"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic мати (mati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mōdor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōdor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "English mother",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re), Doric μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognates include Phrygian ματαρ (matar), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Latin māter, Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), and Old English mōdor (English mother).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mḗtēr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μήτηρ",
      "roman": "hē mḗtēr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μητέρες",
      "roman": "hai mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μητρός",
      "roman": "tês mētrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μητέρων",
      "roman": "tôn mētérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μητρῐ́",
      "roman": "têi mētrí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μητρᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētrási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētrásin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μητέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn mētéra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μητέρᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mētéras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆτερ",
      "roman": "mêter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήτηρ",
      "roman": "mḗtēr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρος",
      "roman": "mētéros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρός",
      "roman": "mētrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέροιν",
      "roman": "mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρων",
      "roman": "mētérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρῐ",
      "roman": "mētéri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρῐ́",
      "roman": "mētrí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέροιν",
      "roman": "mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrásin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρᾰ",
      "roman": "mētéra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρᾰς",
      "roman": "mētéras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆτερ",
      "roman": "mêter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητέρος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "μητρός"
      },
      "expansion": "μήτηρ • (mḗtēr) f (genitive μητέρος or μητρός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "μητέρων",
        "11": "μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)",
        "12": "μητέρᾰς",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "μητρός",
        "4": "μητρῐ́",
        "5": "μητέρᾰ",
        "6": "μῆτερ",
        "7": "μητέρε",
        "8": "μητέροιν",
        "9": "μητέρες",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "μητέρων",
        "11": "μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)",
        "12": "μητέρᾰς",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "μητέρος, μητρός",
        "4": "μητέρῐ, μητρῐ́",
        "5": "μητέρᾰ",
        "6": "μῆτερ",
        "7": "μητέρε",
        "8": "μητέροιν",
        "9": "μητέρες",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "grc:Female family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-μήτηρ-grc-noun-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "source or origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-μήτηρ-grc-noun-KEwXH7b6",
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.te̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mā́tēr",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μᾱ́τηρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mā́tar",
      "word": "μᾱ́ταρ — Arcadocypriot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μήτηρ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek irregular nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "grc:Female family members",
    "grc:Parents"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Mētródōros",
      "word": "Μητρόδωρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mētrópolis",
      "word": "μητρόπολῐς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Dēmḗtēr",
      "word": "Δημήτηρ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μητέρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μητέρα (mitéra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μητέρα (mitéra)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*mā́tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀔𐀳𐀩"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μᾱ́τηρ"
      },
      "expansion": "μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "ματαρ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phrygian ματαρ (matar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "մայր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian մայր (mayr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "māter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin māter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠",
        "ts": "mātā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मातृ",
        "tr": "mā́tṛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "мати"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic мати (mati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mōdor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōdor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "English mother",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re), Doric μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognates include Phrygian ματαρ (matar), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Latin māter, Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), and Old English mōdor (English mother).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mḗtēr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μήτηρ",
      "roman": "hē mḗtēr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μητέρες",
      "roman": "hai mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μητρός",
      "roman": "tês mētrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μητέρων",
      "roman": "tôn mētérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μητρῐ́",
      "roman": "têi mētrí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μητρᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētrási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētrásin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μητέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn mētéra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μητέρᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mētéras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆτερ",
      "roman": "mêter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήτηρ",
      "roman": "mḗtēr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρος",
      "roman": "mētéros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρός",
      "roman": "mētrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέροιν",
      "roman": "mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρων",
      "roman": "mētérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρῐ",
      "roman": "mētéri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρῐ́",
      "roman": "mētrí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέροιν",
      "roman": "mētéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrásin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρᾰ",
      "roman": "mētéra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρᾰς",
      "roman": "mētéras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆτερ",
      "roman": "mêter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρε",
      "roman": "mētére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητέρες",
      "roman": "mētéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητέρος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "μητρός"
      },
      "expansion": "μήτηρ • (mḗtēr) f (genitive μητέρος or μητρός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "μητέρων",
        "11": "μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)",
        "12": "μητέρᾰς",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "μητρός",
        "4": "μητρῐ́",
        "5": "μητέρᾰ",
        "6": "μῆτερ",
        "7": "μητέρε",
        "8": "μητέροιν",
        "9": "μητέρες",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "10": "μητέρων",
        "11": "μητρᾰ́σῐ(ν)",
        "12": "μητέρᾰς",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "μητέρος, μητρός",
        "4": "μητέρῐ, μητρῐ́",
        "5": "μητέρᾰ",
        "6": "μῆτερ",
        "7": "μητέρε",
        "8": "μητέροιν",
        "9": "μητέρες",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "source or origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː.tɛːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.te̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.tir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mā́tēr",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μᾱ́τηρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mā́tar",
      "word": "μᾱ́ταρ — Arcadocypriot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μήτηρ"
}

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