Μήτρα
(A), Ion. μήρ-τρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ)
I
1. womb, Hp. Prorrh. 2.24, Hdt. 3.108 (dub.l.), Pl. Ti. 91d, etc.: also in pl., Hp. Loc.Hom. 47, Vict. 1.30, Hdt. l.c.: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, Arist. HA 510b14.
2. a swine’s matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις Telecl. 1.14; μήτραν.. πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph. 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας.. ἀποθανεῖν Alex. 193, cf. Plu. 2.733e, Ath. 3.96f.
3. metaph., source, origin, D.L. 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph. 1.441.
II core, heart-wood of trees, Thphr. HP 1.6.1. diseased condition of the wood, ’soft-wood’, ib. 2.7.3.
III queen-wasp, opp. ἐργάται, Arist. HA 627b32,al. μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, BGU 1028.20, 26 (ii A.D.); μ. θύρας, = repagulum, Gloss.
μήτρα
(B), ἡ, in pl.,
register of house-property, at Tarsus and Soli, Arist. in POxy. 1802.58; sg., = κλῆρος, at Tarsus and Soli, Clitarch. ap. Hsch. (Cf. Skt. mâtrâ ’measure’ and ἐρεσιμήτρη.)
G3388 — μήτρα
μήτρας, ἡ (μήτηρ), the womb: [Luk 2:23] (on which see διανοίγω, 1); [Rom 4:19]. (Herodotus, Plato, others; the Sept. for רֶחֶם.)