Strong G8228μαῖα

a midwife

Transliteration
maia
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

1. good mother, dame , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. a fostermother, nurse , (Euripides):—;also a true mother , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. a midwife , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)