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μαιευτικός

μαιευτικός, of or for midwifery, obstetric

μαι-ευτικός, ή, όν,
  • skilled in midwifery, Pl. Tht. 151c; ἡ μαιευτικὴ τέχνη or ἡ -κή alone, art of delivery, Id. Plt. 268b; esp. metaph. of the Socratic method of eliciting from others what was in their minds without their knowing it, Id. Tht. 161e, D.L. 3.49 sq.; οἱ μ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as Alc. 1, La., Ly., Thrasyll. ib. 59. Adv. -κῶς Poll. 4.208.

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