μαῖα
μαῖα, ἡ,
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ShortDef
Maia
mother, foster-mother, midwife
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Headword:
μαῖα
Headword (normalized):
μαῖα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μαια
Intro Text:
μαῖα, ἡ,
IDX:
64742
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n64530
Key:
mai=a
Senses and Citations (From Data)
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Children (1)
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good mother, form of address to old women, Hom. (only in Od.), always in voc., usu. addressed to Eurycleia, the nurse of Odysseus, Od. 19.482, al.; but also to Eurynome the ταμίη, 17.499: hence not only of nurses, cf. h.Cer. 147, Ar. Ec. 915 (lyr.).
Citations (4)
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Od. 19.482, al.; but also to Eurynome the
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17.499: hence not only of nurses, cf.
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h.Cer. 147,
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-236831
Ar. Ec. 915 (lyr.).
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc2:915
Children (3)
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Children (3)
2
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foster-mother, E. Hipp. 243 (anap.), Antiph. 159.6; also, a true mother, μαῖα δὴ κάτω βέβακεν E. Alc. 393 (lyr.): metaph., of the earth, ἰὼ γαῖα μαῖα A. Ch. 44 (lyr.), cf. S. Fr. 959.
Citations (5)
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E. Hipp. 243 (anap.),
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Antiph. 159.6; also, a true
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E. Alc. 393
μαῖα δὴ κάτω βέβακεν
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc2:393
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A. Ch. 44
ἰὼ γαῖα μαῖα
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S. Fr. 959.
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3
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midwife, Pl. Tht. 149a, Isyll. 54, Sor. 2.3, al., etc.
Citations (3)
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Pl. Tht. 149a,
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Isyll. 54,
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Sor. 2.3, al., etc.
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.3
Children (1)
b
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n64530-0-0-0-1-0
lady doctor, Gal. 14.641.
4
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Dor., grandmother, Iamb. VP 11.56, IG 12(3).1120 ( Melos).
Citations (1)
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Iamb. VP 11.56,
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II
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large kind of crab, Arist. HA 525b4, al.
Citations (1)
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Arist. HA 525b4, al.
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III
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Orib. Fr. 102. (Prob. from same Root as μήτηρ.)
Citations (From Models)
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