good mother; nurse
Ancient Greek word, found 54 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 2.349: μαῖʼ, ἄγε δή μοι οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσιν ἄφυσσον
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 9.11.66: εὐσεβῶς δὲ καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ συνεβίω μαίᾳ οὔσῃ, καθά φησιν Ἐρατοσθένης ἐν τῷ Περὶ πλούτου καὶ πενίας, ὅτε καὶ αὐτὸς φέρων εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν ἐπίπρασκεν ὀρν …
Euripides, Alcestis 393: ἰώ μοι τύχας. μαῖα δὴ κάτω
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