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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly the same root as μήτηρ (mḗtēr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâi̯.a/ → /ˈmɛ.a/ → /ˈme.a/
Noun
μαῖᾰ • (maîa) f (genitive μαίᾱς); first declension
- midwife
- foster mother, nurse
- good mother, dame
Inflection
Derived terms
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.