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Μαιώτιδος (Maiotidos)

Μαιώτιδος is an Ancient Greek form of Μαιῶτις, meaning “Maiotis — the Sea of Azov (Maeotis)”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 54 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caius Marius 11.5: … γνωσθὲν οὐ μέγα γενέσθαι τοῦ παντὸς μόριον, ἀλλὰ φυγὴν ἢ στάσιν τινὰ βιασθεῖσαν ὑπὸ Σκυθῶν εἰς Ἀσίαν ἀπὸ τῆς Μαιώτιδος διαπερᾶσαι Λυγδάμιος ἡγουμένου, τὸ δὲ πλεῖστον αὐτῶν καὶ μαχιμώτατον ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις οἰκοῦν παρὰ τὴν ἔξω θάλασσα …

Strabo, Geography 2.5.31: Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Τανάιδος καὶ τῆς Μαιώτιδός ἐστι τὰ ἐντὸς τοῦ Ταύρου συνεχῆ, τούτοις δʼ ἑξῆς τὰ ἐκτός. διαιρουμένης γὰρ αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ὄρους τοῦ Ταύρου δίχα δ …

All forms of Μαιῶτις (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.