μαῖα

See also: μαία and Μαῖα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly the same root as μήτηρ (mḗtēr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mâi̯.a/ → /ˈmɛ.a/ → /ˈme.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mâi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.a/

Noun

μαῖᾰ • (maîa) f (genitive μαίᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μαῖᾰ; τῆς μαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μαῖᾰ hē maîa	τὼ μαίᾱ tṑ maíā	αἱ μαῖαι hai maîai
Genitive	τῆς μαίᾱς tês maíās	τοῖν μαίαιν toîn maíain	τῶν μαιῶν tôn maiôn
Dative	τῇ μαίᾳ têi maíāi	τοῖν μαίαιν toîn maíain	ταῖς μαίαις taîs maíais
Accusative	τὴν μαῖᾰν tḕn maîan	τὼ μαίᾱ tṑ maíā	τᾱ̀ς μαίᾱς tā̀s maíās
Vocative	μαῖᾰ maîa	μαίᾱ maíā	μαῖαι maîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • maia idem, page 507.
  • midwife idem, page 528.
  • nurse idem, page 563.