Maia
From LSJ
Ἔνεισι καὶ γυναιξὶ σώφρονες τρόποι → Insunt modesti mores etiam mulieri → Auch Frauen haben in sich weise Lebensart
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μαῖα, ἡ, in V. also Μαιάς, -άδος (Eur., Hel. 1670).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Māia: Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.;
I
v. the letter J), ae, f., = Μαῖα>.
I 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.—
II A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.
