μητρό-πολις,
Doric dialect ματρό-,
poetry μητρόπτολις, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]: εως, ἡ:—
mother-state, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Rome, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2)
metaphorically, ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (i.e. μαθημάτων) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
one's mother-city, mothercountry, home, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) ἁ σὰ ματρόπολις thy
mother's city, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III)
capital city, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, [
Refs]
III.b) in Egypt,
chief town of a νομός, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]