Μαῖρα
From LSJ
θοῦ, Κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόµατί µου καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη µου → set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips | set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips (Psalm 140:3, Septuagint version)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (μαρμαίρω) name of the dog-star,
A the Sparkler, Call.Aet. 3.1.35, AP9.555 (Crin.), Nonn.D.5.221; of Hecuba when changed into a dog, Lyc.334: in Hom. as pr. n., Il.18.48.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Μαῖρα: ἡ, (μαρμαίρω) ὄνομα τοῦ σειρίου ἀστέρος, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 555, Νόνν. Δ. 5. 221· - ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ τῆς Ἑκάβης μεταβληθείσης εἰς κύνα, Λυκόφρ. 334· - παρ’ Ὁμ. ὡς κύρ. ὄνομα, Ἰλ. Σ. 48.
