Μάϊος

See also: Μάιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin māius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎː.i.os/ → /ˈma.i.os/ → /ˈma.i.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎː.i.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.i.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.i.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.i.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.i.os/

Proper noun

Μᾱ́ϊος • (Mā́ïos) m (genitive Μᾱΐου); second declension

1. May
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I.38

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾱ́ϊος; τοῦ Μᾱΐου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μᾱ́ϊος ho Mā́ïos	τὼ Μᾱΐω tṑ Māḯō	οἱ Μᾱ́ϊοι hoi Mā́ïoi
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾱΐου toû Māḯou	τοῖν Μᾱΐοιν toîn Māḯoin	τῶν Μᾱΐων tôn Māḯōn
Dative	τῷ Μᾱΐῳ tôi Māḯōi	τοῖν Μᾱΐοιν toîn Māḯoin	τοῖς Μᾱΐοις toîs Māḯois
Accusative	τὸν Μᾱ́ϊον tòn Mā́ïon	τὼ Μᾱΐω tṑ Māḯō	τοὺς Μᾱΐους toùs Māḯous
Vocative	Μᾱ́ϊε Mā́ïe	Μᾱΐω Māḯō	Μᾱ́ϊοι Mā́ïoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μάιος (Máios), Μάης m (Máis)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mayıs
  • →? Romanian: mai (also partially via Slavic)
  • → Turkish: mayıs
• → Coptic: ⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ (maios)
• → Old Church Slavonic: маи (mai)
  • → Russian: май (maj) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: մայիս (mayis)
  • Armenian: մայիս (mayis)

Further reading

• “Μάϊος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press