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Μαιῶται

*maiotai · οἱ

Maeotians, Maeotian, the Palus Maeotis, Sea of Azof

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What it meant — LSJ

Maeotians

Maeotians, a Scythian tribe to the north of the Black Sea, Hdt. 4.123, X. Mem. 2.1.10.

II Maeotian, the Palus Maeotis, Sea of Azof

as Adj. Μαιώτης, ου, Maeotian, ποταμὸς M. the Tanais, Hdt. 4.45:—fem. Μαιῶτις λίμνη the Palus Maeotis, Sea of Azof, A. Pr. 418 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ λίμνη ἡ Μαιῆτις(Ion.) Hdt. 1.104, etc.:

a fish caught there, and in the Nile

μαιώτης, ου, ὁ, a fish caught there, and in the Nile, Archipp. 26, Ael. NA 10.19.

2 the Cimmerian Bosporus

Μαιωτικός, ή, όν, αὐλὼν M., i.e. the Cimmerian Bosporus, A. Pr. 731.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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