Maia.
Maia, specifically:
Meaning & usage
Maia, specifically: Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
Maia, specifically: The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
Maia, specifically: A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
Where this word comes from
As a figure of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”), from Ancient Greek μαῖα (maîa, “lady”). As a figure of Roman religion and myth, of uncertain origin, possibly originally a native Latin formation from a feminine suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”) (compare Maius as an epithet of Jupiter) that was conflated with the Greek goddess.
inflection of Maius: nominative/vocative feminine singular
inflection of Maius: nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
ablative feminine singular of Maius
Where this word comes from
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