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|Full diacritics=Μαῖα
|Medium diacritics=Μαῖα
|Low diacritics=Μαία
|Capitals=ΜΑΙΑ
|Transliteration A=Maîa
|Transliteration B=Maia
|Transliteration C=Maia
|Beta Code=*mai=a
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="title">Maia</span>, mother of Hermes, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.5</span>, etc.; Ion. <b class="b3">Μαίη</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>938</span>:—also Μαιάς, άδος, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Od.14.435</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>57</span>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Or.</span>997</span> (lyr.), etc. (Derived fr. <b class="b3">μαῖα</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[τροφός]], by <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.16</span>.)</span>
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|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br />Mæa (Maïa), <i>fille d’Atlas, mère d’Hermès</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG [[μαῖα]].
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|lsmtext='''Μαῖα:''' Ιων. Μαίηἡ, η Μαία, [[κόρη]] του Άτλαντα, [[μητέρα]] του Ερμή, σε Ομηρ. Ύμν., Ησίοδ.
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