Maia
Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Măia æ, f., Maïa
1 fille d’Atlas et de Pleioné, mère de Mercure : Cic. Nat. 3, 56 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 5 ; Virg. En. 1, 297 ; Ov. M. 11, 303 || est aussi une des Pléiades : Virg. G. 1, 225 ; Cic. Arat. 34, 37 ; Ov. F. 4, 174
2 fille de Faunus, divinité romaine incarnant le printemps, dont la fête se célébrait en mai : Macr. Sat. 1, 12.
