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μαιεύομαι

μαιεύομαι, to serve as a midwife

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μαιευθέντα aorist passive participle neuter nominative plural, aorist passive participle neuter vocative plural, aorist passive participle neuter accusative plural, aorist passive participle masculine accusative singular of μαιεύομαι

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μαι-εύομαι, (μαῖα I.3)
  • serve as a midwife, act as one, D.S. 19.34; ἡ Ἄρτεμις μ. Luc. DDeor. 25[26].2.
      • 2 cause delivery to take place, ἱκανὴ ἔκπληξις μαιεύσασθαι πρὸ τῆς ὥρας Philostr. VA 1.5.
      • 3 c. acc., bring to the birth, Marin. Procl. 6; ὄρνιθας μ. hatch chickens, Anon. ap. Suid.; αἰετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι, prov. of taking vengeance on a powerful enemy, Ar. Lys. 695 (cf. Sch.).
      • 4 deliver a woman, esp. metaph. in Pl. of the Socratic method, Tht. 149b.
    • II Act., Poll. 4.208, Sch. Opp. H. 4.506:—Pass., τὰ ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ μαιευθέντα brought into the world by me, Pl. Tht. 150e, cf. Philostr. VA 5.13.

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