μᾶ
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
shorter Aeol. and Dor. form for μάτηρ, in the phrase μᾶ γᾶ,
A = μῆτερ γῆ, A.Supp.890, 899 (both lyr.): as an exclam. used by women (perh. = Demeter), Herod.1.85, 4.20; μᾶ, πόθεν ὥνθρωπος; Theoc.15.89.
German (Pape)
[Seite 78] äol. u. dor. = μήτηρ, nur im vocat. μᾶ γᾶ, Mutter Erde, Aesch. Suppl. 867. 876. Vgl. die ähnl. kurzen Formen βᾶ, δῶ, λῖ. – Bei Theocr. 15, 89 Ausruf der Verwunderung.
French (Bailly abrégé)
éol. et dor. c. μᾶτερ, μῆτερ, seul. au voc. μᾶ γᾶ ESCHL ô terre notre mère !.
Étymologie: cf. βᾶ, δῶ, κρῖ.
Greek Monotonic
μᾶ: συντετμ. Δωρ. τύπος αντί μάτηρ, μᾶ γᾶ αντί μῆτερ γῆ, σε Αισχύλ.· μᾶ, πόθεν ἅνθρωπος, σε Θεόκρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μᾶ: interj. дор. (из μᾶτερ!)
1) μᾶ γᾶ! Aesch. о мать-земля!;
2) (возглас удивления или негодования): μᾶ, πόθεν ἄνθρωπος; Thuc. вот еще, откуда (взялся этот) человек?
Frisk Etymological English
Meaning: in μᾶ γᾶ voc. = μῆτερ γῆ (A. Supp. 890, 899 [lyr.]), also used as exclamation of women (Hdt., Theoc.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European], ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]
Etymology: Elementary Lallwort like Skt. mā mother (lex.); thus also πᾶς = πατήρ (s. v.). - Cf. μαῖα, μήτηρ and μαμμη.
