μαῖρα
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
1 chienne en parl. d'Hécube, changée en chienne;
2 la canicule.
Étymologie: DELG μαρμαίρω.
German (Pape)
(s. Μαῖρα), so heißt der Hundsstern, eigentlich der Funkelnde, bes. bei sp.D.; ὑπὸ μαίρῃ εὐάνεμον, von einer Insel, Crinag. 23 (IX.555); Nonn. D. 5.221; Lycophr. 269.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μαῖρα: ион. μαίρη ἡ звезда Сириус Anth.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: dog-star
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.
Frisk Etymology German
μαῖρα: {maĩra}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Hundstern
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.
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