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† 1. maia, ae, f., = μαῖα, a large kind of crab, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; al. maea.

2. Māia, Māja (written by Cicero Majja, like ejjus, pejjus, etc.; v. the letter J), ae, f., = Μαῖα.

  1. I. Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and the mother of Mercury by Jupiter, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: Majā genitum demittit ab alto, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 1, 297: Maiā natus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 5; Ov. M. 11, 303; Macr. S. 1, 12, 19; acc. Majam, Ov. F. 4, 174.
    As one of the Pleiades: sanctissima Maja, Cic. Arat. 270: multi ante occasum Majae coepere, Verg. G. 1, 225; Ov. F. 4, 174; 5, 85.
  2. II. A daughter of Faunus, Macr. S. 1, 12.

mājus, a, um, adj. [root mag, whence magis, magnus], an old word for magnus, great, e. g. Majus Deus, i. e. Jupiter: Dea Maia, Macr. S. 1, 12, 17.