Μαιάς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mai̯.ás/ → /mɛˈas/ → /meˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mai̯.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mɛˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mɛˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈas/

Proper noun

Μαιᾰ́ς • (Maiắs) f (genitive Μαιᾰ́δος); third declension

1. Alternative form of Μαῖᾰ (Maîă, “Maia”)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μαιᾰ́ς; τῆς Μαιᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μαιᾰ́ς hē Maiắs
Genitive	τῆς Μαιᾰ́δος tês Maiắdos
Dative	τῇ Μαιᾰ́δῐ têi Maiắdĭ
Accusative	τὴν Μαιᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Maiắdă
Vocative	Μαιᾰ́ς Maiắs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαιάς (Maiás)

References

• “Μαιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μαιάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016