Μαῖα in Ancient Greek

IPA: /mâi̯.a/, /ˈmɛ.a/, /ˈme.a/, /mâi̯.a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmɛ.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmɛ.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally “Lady”, from μαῖα (maîa, “lady”), an honorific term for older women and a nursery form of μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) (from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μαίᾱς|f|first|head=Μαῖᾰ}} Μαῖᾰ • (Maîa) f (genitive Μαίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μαῖᾰ|ᾱς|form=S}} Forms: Μαῖᾰ [canonical], Maîa [romanization], Μαίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Μαῖᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Μαίᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Μαίᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Μαῖᾰν [accusative, singular], Μαῖᾰ [singular, vocative]

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"Μαῖα" meaning in Ancient Greek

Proper name