MAEA(Μαῖα, Stadiasm. Mar. Magn. § § 74, 75; called Γαῖαor Γby Ptol. 4.3.46), an island off the coast of Africa Propria, 7 stadia S. of the island Pontia.
maea, ae, f., a kind of sea-crab , Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97. ...
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