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μαιευτική

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαιευτική μαιευτικῆς

Structure: μαιευτικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. maieutics

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

  • τὸ δὲ δὴ ἐμόν τε καὶ τῆσ ἐμῆσ τέχνησ τῆσ μαιευτικῆσ σιγῶ ὅσον γέλωτα ὀφλισκάνομεν, οἶμαι δὲ καὶ σύμπασα ἡ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι πραγματεία. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 121:2)
  • καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἐπισκεψόμεθα, τόδε δὲ ἴσμεν, ὅτι βουκόλῳ γε οὐδεὶσ ἀμφισβητήσει περὶ τούτων οὐδενόσ, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸσ τῆσ ἀγέλησ τροφὸσ ὁ βουφορβόσ, αὐτὸσ ἰατρόσ, αὐτὸσ οἱο͂ν νυμφευτὴσ καὶ περὶ τοὺσ τῶν γιγνομένων τόκουσ καὶ λοχείασ μόνοσ ἐπιστήμων τῆσ μαιευτικῆσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 67:3)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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