Μαιῶτις

See also: Μαιώτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mai̯.ɔ̂ː.tis/ → /mɛˈo.tis/ → /meˈo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mai̯.ɔ̂ː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mɛˈo.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mɛˈo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈo.tis/

Proper noun

Μαιῶτῐς • (Maiôtis) f (genitive Μαιώτῐδος); third declension

1. Sea of Azov

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μαιῶτῐς; τῆς Μαιώτῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μαιῶτῐς hē Maiôtis
Genitive	τῆς Μαιώτῐδος tês Maiṓtidos
Dative	τῇ Μαιώτῐδῐ têi Maiṓtidi
Accusative	τὴν Μαιώτῐδᾰ tḕn Maiṓtida
Vocative	Μαιῶτῐς Maiôtis
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.

Derived terms

• Μαιωτῐκός (Maiōtikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μαιώτις (Maiótis)
• → Latin: Maeōtis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003

Further reading

• Sea of Azov on Wikipedia.Wikipedia