(adjective) : Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Μαιῶται
* A Scythian people on Lake Maeotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence
* Maeōtĭcus, a, um, , = Μαιωτικός, of or belonging to Lake Maeotis, Maeotic: palus,Lake Maeotis,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 Maeotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.
* Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Maeotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Maeotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.
* Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Μαιῶτις, Maeotic.—Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.: ora,of Lake Maeotis,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 Maeotis,Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Maeotis, 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 Maeotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.
* Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Maeotian: tellus,Verg. A. 6, 799: unda,id. G. 3, 349: palus,Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.