Μαιώτης
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
Ion. Μαιῆται, οἱ, Maeotians, a Scythian tribe to the north of the Black Sea, Hdt.4.123, X.Mem.2.1.10.
II as Adj. Μαιώτης, ου, Maeotian, ποταμὸς M. the Tanais, Hdt.4.45:—fem. Μαιῶτις λίμνη the Palus Maeotis, Sea of Azof, A.Pr.418 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ λίμνη ἡ Μαιῆτις (Ion.) Hdt.1.104, etc.: μαιώτης, ου, ὁ,A a fish caught there, and in the Nile, Archipp.26, Ael.NA10.19. 2 Μαιωτικός, ή, όν, αὐλὼν M., i.e. the Cimmerian Bosporus, A.Pr.731.
