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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
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                    "description": "<b>μητρό·πολις, εως (ἡ)<\/b> <i>propr<\/i>. ville-mère, <i>càd. :<\/i><br\/><b>   I<\/b> <i>au pr. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> métropole, <i>ville qui a fondé ou colonisé d’autres villes,<\/i> PD. <i>P. 4, 20 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Pers. 895 ;<\/i> HDT. <i>7, 51, etc. ;<\/i> THC. <i>1, 24, etc. ; en parl. d’un pays,<\/i> HDT. <i>8, 31 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> ville principale <i>ou<\/i> capitale, XÉN. <i>An. 5, 2, 3 ; 5, 4, 15 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> ville natale, patrie, PD. <i>N. 5, 16 ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>O.C. 707 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>fig<\/i>. source, fondement, HPC. <i>249, 49 ; Dor. 1, 2 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>M. 718<\/i> e, <i>etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ DS. ματρόπολις <font color='purple'>[ᾱ]<\/font> PD. <i>ll. cc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. μ. πόλις.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "Dor. ματρόπολις, poet. μητρόπτολις, <i>Epigr.Gr.<\/i> 537.4 (Tomi), 842a1 (Cyrene), Syria 7.209 (Damascus), Nonn. <i>D.<\/i> 13.166; εως, ἡ : — <b>mother-state<\/b>, as related to her colonies, of Athens in relation to the Ionians, Hdt. 7.51, Th. 6.82; of Doris in relation to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt. 8.31, Th. 1.107, 3.92; of Meroe in relation to the Ethiopians, Hdt. 2.29; of Thera, μεγαλᾶν πολίων μ. Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 4.20; μ. Λοκρῶν Ὀπόεις Simon. 93; of the Attic Salamis, as the μ. of the Cyprian, A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 895 (lyr.); of Corinth, as the μ. of Corcyra, Th. 1.24; of Rome, Gal. 14.296. <i>metaph<\/i>, ἐστὶ μ. τοῦ ψυχροῦ [ὁ ἐγκέφαλος] Hp. <i>Carn.<\/i> 4; ἡ ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας D.S. 1.2, cf. Chrysipp. <i>Stoic.<\/i> 3.199; γεωμετρία ἀρχὴ καὶ μ. τῶν ἄλλων (sc. μαθημάτων) <i>Philol.<\/i> ap. Plu. 2.718e.<br\/><b>one΄s mother-city, mothercountry, home<\/b>, Pi. <i>N.<\/i> 5.8, S. <i>OC<\/i> 707 (lyr.), <i>Ant.<\/i> 1122 (lyr.). ἁσὰ ματρόπολις thy <b>mother΄s city<\/b>, Isyll. 59.<br\/><b>capital city<\/b>, X. <i>An.<\/i> 5.2.3, 5.44.15; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἀσίας, of Ephesus, OGI 496.6, IG 3.485; ἡ μ. τῆς Ἰωνίας, of Miletus, <i>ib.<\/i> 480. in Egypt, <b>chief town<\/b> of a νομός, PRev. Laws 48.16 (iii BC), BGU 326 ii 10 (ii AD), etc."
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>die Mutterstadt<\/i> in Beziehung auf die von ihr ausgegangenen Colonien od. Tochterstädte ; μεγαλᾶν πολίων ματρόπολιν γενέσθαι, Pind. <i>P<\/i>. 4.20 ; von Attika, Soph. <i>O.C<\/i>. 711 ; auch Βακχᾶν μητρόπολιν Θήβαν, <i>Ant<\/i>. 1109 ; in Prosa, Her. 7.51, 8.31 ; Thuc. 1.24, 107 u. öfter ; Plat. <i>Critia<\/i>. 115c. Bei Ath. XII.547d <i>Geburtsstadt der Mutter<\/i>. – Uebtr. ἱστορία μ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας, DS. 1.2 ; vgl. Ath. III.104b."
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                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": " <b>μητρό-πολις<\/b>, -εως, ἡ <br\/> [in LXX for אָב etc. ;] <br\/><b>a metropolis, chief city<\/b>: ITi, subscr. (Rec.).† <br\/> (AS)"
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