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Μαιῆτις

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μαιῆτις

Etym.: ionic for Maiw=tis.

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Examples

  • ὁ μέν νυν Πόντοσ οὗτοσ καὶ Βόσπορόσ τε καὶ Ἑλλήσποντοσ οὕτω τέ μοι μεμετρέαται καὶ κατὰ τὰ εἰρημένα πεφύκασι, παρέχεται δὲ καὶ λίμνην ὁ Πόντοσ οὗτοσ ἐκδιδοῦσαν ἐσ αὐτὸν οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἐλάσσω ἑωυτοῦ, ἣ Μαιῆτίσ τε καλέεται καὶ μήτηρ τοῦ Πόντου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 86 4:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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