Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μαιευτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαιευτικός μαιευτική μαιευτικόν

Structure: μαιευτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or for midwifery, obstetric, midwifery, - , art of eliciting from others what was in their minds

Examples

  • καὶ τοῦ μὲν γυμναστικοῦ μαιευτικόσ τε καὶ πειραστικόσ, τοῦ δὲ ἀγωνιστικοῦ ἐνδεικτικὸσ καὶ ἀνατρεπτικόσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 48:5)
  • Τῆσ τετάρτησ ἡγεῖται Ἀλκιβιάδησ ἢ περὶ ἀνθρώπου φύσεωσ, μαιευτικόσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 58:1)
  • Ἀλκιβιάδησ δεύτεροσ ἢ περὶ εὐχῆσ, μαιευτικόσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 58:2)
  • τῆσ πέμπτησ ἡγεῖται Θεάγησ ἢ περὶ φιλοσοφίασ, μαιευτικόσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 58:5)
  • Λάχησ ἢ περὶ ἀνδρείασ, μαιευτικόσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 58:7)

Related

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

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