μήτρως

Ancient Greek

From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Compare πᾰ́τρως (pắtrōs, “paternal uncle”).

μήτρως • (mḗtrōs) m (genitive μήτρωος or μήτρω, variously declined); third declension, second declension

maternal uncle
Synonyms: μητροκᾰσῐ́γνητος (mētrokăsĭ́gnētos), μητρᾰ́δελφος (mētrắdelphos)

Coordinate term: πᾰ́τρως (pắtrōs)
ancestral male relative of one's mother
(Cretan) any male relative of one's mother

Third declension during the Classical period, but assimilated into the Attic declension in Koine.

Third declension of ὁ μήτρως; τοῦ μήτρωος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μήτρως ho mḗtrōs	τὼ μήτρωε tṑ mḗtrōe	οἱ μήτρωες hoi mḗtrōes
Genitive	τοῦ μήτρωος toû mḗtrōos	τοῖν μητρώοιν toîn mētrṓoin	τῶν μητρώων tôn mētrṓōn
Dative	τῷ μήτρῳ / μήτρωῐ̈ tōî mḗtrōi / mḗtrōĭ̈	τοῖν μητρώοιν toîn mētrṓoin	τοῖς μήτρωσῐ / μήτρωσῐν toîs mḗtrōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μήτρωᾰ tòn mḗtrōă	τὼ μήτρωε tṑ mḗtrōe	τοὺς μήτρωᾰς toùs mḗtrōăs
Vocative	μήτρως mḗtrōs	μήτρωε mḗtrōe	μήτρωες mḗtrōes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of μήτρως; μήτρωος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μήτρως mḗtrōs	μήτρωε mḗtrōe	μήτρωες mḗtrōes
Genitive	μήτρωος mḗtrōos	μητρώοιῐ̈ν mētrṓoiĭ̈n	μητρώων mētrṓōn
Dative	μήτρωῐ̈ / μήτρῳ mḗtrōĭ̈ / mḗtrōi	μητρώοιῐ̈ν mētrṓoiĭ̈n	μήτρωσῐ / μήτρωσῐν / μητρώεσῐ / μητρώεσῐν / μητρώεσσῐ / μητρώεσσῐν mḗtrōsĭ(n) / mētrṓesĭ(n) / mētrṓessĭ(n)
Accusative	μήτρωᾰ mḗtrōă	μήτρωε mḗtrōe	μήτρωᾰς mḗtrōăs
Vocative	μήτρως mḗtrōs	μήτρωε mḗtrōe	μήτρωες mḗtrōes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ μήτρως; τοῦ μήτρωος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μήτρως ho mḗtrōs	τὼ μήτρωε tṑ mḗtrōe	οἱ μήτρωες hoi mḗtrōes
Genitive	τοῦ μήτρωος toû mḗtrōos	τοῖν μητρώοιν toîn mētrṓoin	τῶν μητρώων tôn mētrṓōn
Dative	τῷ μήτρῳ / μήτρωῐ̈ tōî mḗtrōi / mḗtrōĭ̈	τοῖν μητρώοιν toîn mētrṓoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μήτρωσῐ / μήτρωσῐν toîsĭ(n) mḗtrōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μήτρωᾰ / μήτρων tòn mḗtrōă / mḗtrōn	τὼ μήτρωε tṑ mḗtrōe	τοὺς μήτρωᾰς toùs mḗtrōăs
Vocative	μήτρως mḗtrōs	μήτρωε mḗtrōe	μήτρωες mḗtrōes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ μᾱ́τρως; τοῦ μᾱ́τρωος (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾱ́τρως ho mā́trōs	τὼ μᾱ́τρωε tṑ mā́trōe	τοὶ μᾱ́τρωες toì mā́trōes
Genitive	τοῦ μᾱ́τρωος toû mā́trōos	τοῖν μᾱτρώοιν toîn mātrṓoin	τῶν μᾱτρώων tôn mātrṓōn
Dative	τῷ μᾱ́τρωῐ̈ / μᾱ́τρῳ tōî mā́trōĭ̈ / mā́trōi	τοῖν μᾱτρώοιν toîn mātrṓoin	τοῖς μᾱτρώεσσῐ / μᾱτρώεσσῐν toîs mātrṓessĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾱ́τρωᾰ tòn mā́trōă	τὼ μᾱ́τρωε tṑ mā́trōe	τοὺς μᾱ́τρωᾰς toùs mā́trōăs
Vocative	μᾱ́τρως mā́trōs	μᾱ́τρωε mā́trōe	μᾱ́τρωες mā́trōes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὀ μᾱ́τρως; τοῦ μᾱ́τρωος (Cretan)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀ μᾱ́τρως o mā́trōs	τὼ μᾱ́τρωε tṑ mā́trōe	οἰ μᾱ́τρωες oi mā́trōes
Genitive	τοῦ μᾱ́τρωος toû mā́trōos	τοῖν μᾱτρώοιν toîn mātrṓoin	τῶν μᾱτρώων tôn mātrṓōn
Dative	τῷ μᾱ́τρωῐ̈ tōî mā́trōĭ̈	τοῖν μᾱτρώοιν toîn mātrṓoin	τοῖς μᾱ́τρωσῐ / μᾱ́τρωσῐν toîs mā́trōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾱ́τρωᾰ tòn mā́trōă	τὼ μᾱ́τρωε tṑ mā́trōe	τὸνς μᾱ́τρωᾰς / μᾱ́τρωᾰνς tòns mā́trōăs / mā́trōăns
Vocative	μᾱ́τρως mā́trōs	μᾱ́τρωε mā́trōe	μᾱ́τρωες mā́trōes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Attic second declension of ὁ μήτρως; τοῦ μήτρω (Koine)

Rau, Jeremy (2011), “Indo-European Kinship Terminology: *ph₂tr-ou̯-/ph₂tr̥-u̯- and its Derivatives”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎^[1], volume 124, pages 1-25