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μαίευσις

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: μαίευσις Medium diacritics: μαίευσις Low diacritics: μαίευσις Capitals: ΜΑΙΕΥΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: maíeusis Transliteration B: maieusis Transliteration C: maiefsis Beta Code: mai/eusis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,    A delivery of a woman in child-birth, Pl.Tht.150b.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μαίευσις: ἡ, κοινῶς «ξεγέννημα», Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 150B.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
délivrance, accouchement.
Étymologie: μαιεύω.

Greek Monotonic

μαίευσις: ἡ, το «ξελευθέρωμα» μιας γυναίκας κατά τον τοκετό, σε Πλάτ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μαίευσις: εως ἡ помощь при родах Plat.: τέχνη τῆς μαιεύσεως Plat. родовспомогательное искусство.

Middle Liddell

μαίευσις, ιος, ἡ,
delivery of a woman in childbirth, Plat.