Μαῖα
mother, midwife
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Apr 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαῖα· ἡ μάμμη, ἡ τροφός. καὶ σὺ πέτρα γλωχὶν μηλοσσόε Μαιάδος Ἑρμᾶ. ἀντὶ τοῦ τροφοῦ, μητρός.
Betacode
*mai=a: h( ma/mmh, h( trofo/s. kai\ su\ pe/tra glwxi\n mhlosso/e *maia/dos *(erma=. a)nti\ tou= trofou=, mhtro/s.
Notes (2)
- 1Same or similar glosses in other lexica (e.g., more fully, Hesychius mu64). ↩
- 2A garbling of Greek Anthology 6.334.3 (Leonidas of Tarentum), a dedication of cakes and wines to rustic gods; see the note at gamma 304, with the genitive of
*maia/s rather than of the headword*mai=a . Also, cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 108), (vol. II, 311-313), and another extract from this epigram at pi 16. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Feb 2021
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth