Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μαιάς ‎(Maiás)

Proper noun

Μαῖᾰ • ‎(Maîa) f ‎(genitive Μαίᾱς); first declension

1. Maia, daughter of Atlas

Inflection

Descendants

• English: Maia
• Greek: Μαία ‎(Maía)
• Latin: Maia

References

• Μαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Μαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016

Ancient Greek

Noun

μαῖα • ‎(maîa) f

1. midwife
2. foster mother, nurse
3. good mother, dame

Inflection

Derived terms

• μαιεύομαι ‎(maieúomai)

References

• μαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μαῖα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μαῖα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «μαῖα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Maia idem, page 1016.
  • midwife idem, page 528.
  • nurse idem, page 563.