Μαιώτης

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.