Μαιώτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. Μαιῆται, οἱ, <span class="title">Maeotians</span>, a Scythian tribe to the north of the Black Sea, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.123</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.10</span>. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Adj. Μαιώτης, ου, <span class="title">Maeotian</span>, [[ποταμὸς]] M. the Tanais, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.45</span>:—fem. Μαιῶτις [[λίμνη]] [[the Palus Maeotis]], [[Sea of Azof]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>418</span> (lyr.), etc.; <span class=foreign>ἡ λίμνη ἡ Μαιῆτις (Ion.) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.104</span>, etc.: μαιώτης, ου, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">a fish caught there, and in the Nile</b>, <span class="bibl">Archipp.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>10.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Μαιωτικός, ή, όν<b class="b3">, αὐλὼν</b> M., i.e. [[the Cimmerian Bosporus]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>731</span>.</span>