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Εἰλείθυια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Εἰλείθυια

Structure: Εἰλειθυι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: A quasiparticipial form, as if e)lhluqui=a, the readycomer

Sense

  1. Ilithyia, who comes to aid women

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλοσ ὀξὺ γυναῖκα δριμύ, τό τε προϊεῖσι μογοστόκοι Εἰλείθυιαι, Ἥρησ θυγατέρεσ, πικρὰσ ὠδῖνασ ἔχουσαι. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 4 1:1)
  • χαλεπὰσ δὲ μᾶλλον εἴποιμ’ ἂν εἶναι καὶ μνησικάκουσ τὰσ τεκούσασ τοῖσ βρέφεσι, κινδύνων τε μεγάλων καὶ πόνων αὐταῖσ γινομένων ὡσ δ’ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλοσ ὀξὺ γυναῖκα, δριμύ, τό τε προϊᾶσι μογοστόκοι Εἰλείθυιαι, Ἥρησ θυγατέρεσ, πικρὰσ ὠδῖνασ ἔχουσαι· (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 42)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλοσ ὀξὺ γυναῖκα δριμύ, τό τε προϊεῖσι μογοστόκοι Εἰλείθυιαι Ἥρησ θυγατέρεσ πικρὰσ ὠδῖνασ ἔχουσαι, ὣσ ὀξεῖ’ ὀδύναι δῦνον μένοσ Ἀτρεί̈δαο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 23:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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