μογοστόκος
μογοστόκος, helping women in hard childbirth
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μογοστόκοι masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of μογοστόκος
μογοσ-τόκος, ον, goddess
- of birth-pangs, epith. of Eileithyiai (or -yia), Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103; of Artemis, Theoc. 27.30.
- 2 μ. ὠδῖνες hard travail, Lyc. 829.
- 3 suffering hard travail, metaph., ἵππος, of the Wooden Horse, Tryph. 386.
- 4 bringing the pangs of travail, ὥρα Nonn. D. 41.133; ἄσθμα κεραυνοῦ ib. 1.2.
μογοσ·τόκος, ος, ον :
1 qui allège les douleurs de l’enfantement, ép. d’Eileithyia, Il. 11, 270 ; etc. ; d’Artémis, Thcr. Idyl. 27, 29 ; fig. Nonn. D. 1, 2 ||
2 postér. qui enfante avec douleur, Triphiod. 386 ||
3 qui concerne un enfantement laborieux, Lyc. 829.
Étym. μόγος, τίκτω.
μογοστόκος, schwer gebärend, Tryph. 386 ; ὠδῖνες, Lyc. 829. – Aber bei Hom. Beiw. der Eileithyia, den Gebärenden helfend, bei der Geburt sich anstrengend, Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103 ; Ἄρτεμις, Theocr. 27.29 u. Sp., wie Maneth. 6.733. Vgl. Buttmann Lexil. II p. 265.
μογοστόκος
-ον
[μογοσ- (to be taken as a relic of the acc. pl. of μόγος; cf. δικασπόλος) + τοκ-, τίκτω.
Hence ‘pangs-generating,’ ‘that brings on the woman’s pains.’ Or perh. μογο-, μόγος + στακ-, to stay.
Hence ‘pangs-staying,’ ‘that brings the woman relief from her pains’.]
Epithet of εἰλείθυια or the εἰλείθυιαι Il. 11.270 (which seems to point to the first explanation), Il. 16.187, Il. 19.103.
μογοστόκος (τίκτω): travail - producing, epith. of the Eilithyiae. (Il.)
μογοστόκος
μογοσ-τόκος, ον
τίκτω
- helping women in hard childbirth, of Eileithyia, Il.; of Artemis, Theocr.