A.killing one's mother, matricidal, μ. φίτυμα, of Orestes, A.Ag.1281; “μ. χεῖρες” Id.Eu.102; μ. μίασμα the stain of a mother's murder, ib.281; μ. κηλίς, αἷμα, E.IT1200, Or. 1649.
2. Subst., matricide, A.Eu.493 (lyr.), E.El.975, Pl.Lg.869b; ἔσχατος Αἰνεαδῶν μ. ἡγεμονεύσει, of Nero, D.C.61.16.