Μαιῶτις

Maiotis, Maeotis

Translated by David Whitehead19 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words
A lake of Scythia.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαιῶτις· λίμνη Σκυθίας.

Betacode
*maiw=tis: li/mnh *skuqi/as.

Notes

  1. (See already mu 342; also (?) mu 339, mu 340.) "Lake" Maiotis is the present-day Sea of Azov, at the top of the Black Sea and joined to it by the Cimmerian Bosporus (present-day Straits of Kerch). See generally OCD(4) Maeotis (p.884).

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Neighbouring entries

μ342Μαιωτικὴ χώραMaiotic region, Maeotic regionμ343Μαιώρειςmaiores, seniorsμ344ΜαιῶτιςMaiotis, Maeotisμ345Μαίωτραmidwife's feesμ346ΜαῖραMaira, Maera
Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. more x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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