Hdt., Thuc.; of Doris to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt., Thuc.
II.
ones mother-city, mother-country, home,
Pind., Soph.
III.
a metropolis
in our sense,
capital city,
Xen.
mhtropovlo"
mhtro-povlo" , on , ( polevw ) tending mothers, epith. of Eileithyia, Pind.
mhtrovrripto"
mhtrovr-ripto" , on , rejected by ones mother, Anth.
mhtrofqovro"
mhtro-fqovro" , on , ( fqeivrw ) mother-murdering, Anth.
mhtrofovno"
mhtro-fovno" , on, ( * fevnw ) murdering ones mother, matricidal, Aesch.
2. as Subst. a matricide, Id.
mhtrofovnth"
mhtro-fovnth" , ou, oJ , = mhtrofovno" , Eur.
mhtruiav
mhtruiav , Dor. matr- , a`" , Ion. mhtruihv , h`", hJ :— a step-mother, Il., etc.: the unkindness of step-mothers was proverbial (cf. Lat. injusta noverca ); hence metaph., m. new`n , of a dangerous coast, Aesch.
mhtrw`/o"
mhtrw`/o" , Dor. ma<Eth>tr- , a, on , contr. for mhtrwvio" (which occurs in Od.):— of a mother, a mothers, maternal, Od., Att.; m. devma" , periphr. for th;n mhtevra , Aesch.: — ta; m . a mothers right. Hdt.
II. Mhtrw`/on (sc. iJerovn ) , tov , the temple of CybeleΠat Athens, which was the depository of the state-archives, Dem., Aeschin.
mhvtrw"
mhvtrw" , Dor. ma<Eth>tr- , oJ : gen. wo" and w , acc. wa and wn ; pl. always of the third decl., like pavtrw" :— a maternal uncle, Il., Hdt., etc.
2.
any relation by the mothers side,
Pind., Eur.
3.
=
mhtropavtwr
, Pind.
mhcanavomai
mhca±navomai , Ion. -evomai : f. hvsomai : aor. I ejmhcanhsavmhn : pf. memhcavnhmai : Ep. forms, 2 pl. mhcanavasqe , 3 pl. pres. and impf. mhcanovwntai, -wnto ; 3 sing. opt. mhcanovw/to ; inf. -avasqai : Dep.: ( mhcanhv ):—like Lat. machinari , to make by art, put together, construct, build, Il., Hdt., etc.; generally to prepare, make ready, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
2. to contrive, devise, by art or cunning, Hom., etc.;—also simply to cause, effect, Hdt., Att.:—absol. to form designs, Od.:—c. acc. et inf. to contrive to do or that a thing may be, Xen.
II.
Med.
to procure for oneself,
Soph., Xen.
B.
the Act.
mhcanavw
is used by Hom. only in Ep. part.,
ajtavsqala mhcanovwnta"
contriving
dire effects, Od., and by Soph. in inf.
mhcana`n
: but pf.
memhcavnhmai
is used in pass. sense by Hdt. and in Att.; but also in act. sense, Plat., Xen.