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1 Maeotidae
Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,A.Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:B.palus,
Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:glacies,
Juv. 4, 42:pisces,
Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—C.Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:D.ora,
of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:hiems,
i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:ara,
i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:Penthesilea,
from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;also: Lacus Maeotis,
id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:Maeotis,
id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:tellus,
Verg. A. 6, 799:unda,
id. G. 3, 349:palus,
Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.
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Maeotian marshes — In the geography of Antiquity the Maeotian marshes (Latin Palus Maeotis) lay where the Don River emptied into the Maeotian Lake (the Sea of Azov) near Tanais. The marshes served as a check to the westward migration of nomad peoples from the… … Wikipedia