adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Maius1
Maius (feminine Maia, neuter Maium)
Classical[ˈmaj.jʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.jus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectiveof May
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maius | Maia | Maium |
| genitive | Maiī | Maiae | Maiī |
| dative | Maiō | Maiae | Maiō |
| accusative | Maium | Maiam | Maium |
| ablative | Maiō | Maiā | Maiō |
| vocative | Maie | Maia | Maium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maiī | Maiae | Maia |
| genitive | Maiōrum | Maiārum | Maiōrum |
| dative | Maiīs | Maiīs | Maiīs |
| accusative | Maiōs | Maiās | Maia |
| ablative | Maiīs | Maiīs | Maiīs |
| vocative | Maiī | Maiae | Maia |
mājus, a, um, adj. root mag, whence magis, magnus, an old word for magnus,
I. great, e. g. Majus Deus, i. e. Jupiter:
Dea Maia, Macr. S. 1, 12, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Māius adj.,
of May, of the month of May: Kalendae: mensis.—As subst m. (sc. mensis), May, O.
māius
neut. comp. of magnus.
Origins
From Maia, the name or epithet of a goddess. The name may have originally been a native Latin formation from a feminine suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”) that was eventually conflated with Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”), daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes, whose name is derived from μαῖα (maîa, “lady”).