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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1016.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1016.jpg}}]][[Μαῖα]], ἡ, in V. also Μαιάς, -άδος (Eur., ''Hel.'' 1670).
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|lshtext=<b>Māia</b>: Māja (written by [[Cicero]] Majja, [[like]] ejjus, pejjus, etc.;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. the [[letter]] J), ae, f., = [[Μαῖα]]>.<br /><b>I</b> Daughter of [[Atlas]] and [[Pleione]], and the [[mother]] of [[Mercury]] by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: Majā genitum demittit ab [[alto]], i. e. [[Mercury]], Verg. A. 1, 297: Maiā [[natus]], Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.—As one of the Pleiades: sanctissima Maja, Cic. Arat. 270: multi [[ante]] occasum Majae coepere, Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[daughter]] of [[Faunus]], Macr. S. 1, 12.
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