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μητρώο
registry (register, record book) /mi.ˈtro.o/
nounB2#2144 most common
Also: roll, record
Example sentences
Πρέπει να πάω στο μητρώο.
I have to go to the registry.
Το όνομά μου είναι στο μητρώο του δήμου.
My name is in the municipality's registry.
Η εταιρεία πρέπει να εγγραφεί στο εμπορικό μητρώο.
The company must register in the commercial registry.
Το ληξιαρχικό μητρώο καταγράφει γεννήσεις, γάμους και θανάτους.
The civil registry records births, marriages, and deaths.
Τα μητρώα των εταιρειών ενημερώνονται ετησίως από τις αρμόδιες αρχές.
Company registries are updated yearly by the competent authorities.
Η διαφάνεια στη διαχείριση των δημόσιων μητρώων αποτελεί βασική προϋπόθεση για την καταπολέμηση της διαφθοράς.
Transparency in managing public registries is a basic condition for fighting corruption.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το μητρώο | τα μητρώα |
| Genitive | του μητρώου | των μητρώων |
| Accusative | το μητρώο | τα μητρώα |
| Vocative | μητρώο | μητρώα |
Word family
Etymology
Μητρώο goes back to the ancient Μητρῷον, the temple of the Mother of the Gods (Cybele) in the Athenian agora. That temple also served as the city's state archive, so its name came to mean the place where official records were kept. Modern Greek shortened the adjective μητρῷον into the neuter noun μητρώο, keeping the sense of an official record book. The word still carries its root meaning of 'mother,' since the Metroon was literally the shrine of the Mother.
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