μητρόπολις
I. "the mother-state", in relation to colonies, as of Athens to the Ionians, Hdt., Thuc.; of Doris to the Peloponn. Dorians, Hdt., Thuc.
II. "one's mother-city, mother-country, home", Pind., Soph.
III. "a metropolis" in our sense, "capital city", Xen.