Μαιῶται - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #20
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 426.16 | Billerbeck: Μ20
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 31
AI prompt: v1
Entities: Μαιῶται (Maeotians) [people], Σκύθιοι (Scythians) [people], Μαιῶτις (λίμνη) (Maeotian Lake (Maeotis; Sea of Azov)) [place], Εὔξεινος Πόντος (Euxine Sea (Black Sea)) [place], Μαιώτης (ἰχθύς) (a Maeotian fish (Maiotes)) [other]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: The feminine (name), as the lake Maeotis, which they say is called from its being the 'maia' (mother/nurse) of the Euxine Sea.
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Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

Maiōtai: a Scythian people, very great and populous. The feminine also (is used), as in ‘Maiōtis Lake’, which they say was so called because it is ‘the mother’ of the Euxeinos Pontos. There is also a fish called maiōtēs. The possessive adjective Maiōtikos is also used.

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.106

char LCS 59 (35.8%) · word LCS 12 (38.7%)

Stephanos

Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

Herodian

…νις» ὡς ἀπὸ Πειρήτης ἀρσενικοῦ, πρωθῆβις. Μάγνης Μαγνῆτις παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ, Κουρής Κουρῆτις. Μασῆτις λίμνη, κώμη καὶ νῆσος. νησιώτης νησιῶτις, Ἀρδαλιῶτις, Ἑστιαιῶτις ἡ Θεσσαλικὴ μοῖρα. Ἰταλιῶτις. Μαιώτης ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν καὶ Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. Μαρεῶτις λίμνη. Μασσαλιῶτις, Πελασγιῶτις, Φθιῶτις. χωρὶς τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κοίτης καὶ πωλῶ· ταῦτα γὰρ προπαροξύνονται, ἄκοιτις, παράκοιτις, ἀρτόπωλις, λαχανόπωλις, ἀλφιτόπωλις. τὸ μέντοι δολόμητις οὐκ ἔστι θηλυκόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ …

Herodian 1.75

char LCS 36 (21.8%) · word LCS 5 (16.1%)

Stephanos

Μαιῶται, ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. καὶ τὸ θηλυκόν, ὡς Μαιῶτις λίμνη, ἥν φασι κληθῆναι ἀπὸ [τοῦ μαῖαν εἶναι] τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. λέγεται καὶ κτητικὸν Μαιωτικός.

Herodian

ἀγροιώτης, μονώτης καὶ μονώστης. Μαιώτης ἔθνος Σκυθικὸν μέγιστον καὶ πολυάνθρωπον. ἔστι καὶ μαιώτης ἰχθῦς τις. Ἀραχώτης ποταμὸς Ἰνδικός, ὃς καὶ Ἀραχωτός. Ἀζειώτης ἔθνος τῆς Τρῳάδος, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν τοῖς περὶ Λυδίαν λέγει. ἔοικε δὲ τὸ πρωτότυπον Ἄζεια εἶναι, ἵν´ ᾖ ὡς Μάρεια Μαρειώτης, Ῥάφεια Ῥαφειώτης…