Ἐλείθυια
From LSJ
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A v. Εἰλείθυια.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἐλείθυια: ἡ, ποιητ. ἀντὶ Εἰλείθυια.
English (Slater)
Ἐλείθυια daughter of Hera, goddess of childbirth.
1 τᾷ μὲν ὁ Χρυσοκόμας πραύμητίν τ' Ἐλείθυιαν παρέστασέν τε Μοίρας (O. 6.42) ματροπόλῳ σὺν Ἐλειθυίᾳ (P. 3.9) Ἐλείθυια, πάρεδρε Μοιρᾶν βαθυφρόνων, παῖ μεγαλοσθενέος, ἄκουσον, Ἥρας, γενέτειρα τέκνων (N. 7.1) πολὺν ῥόθον ἵεσαν ἀπὸ στομ[άτων Ἐ]λείθυιά τε καὶ Λάχεσις (sc. at the birth of Apollo and Artemis.) (Pae. 12.17)
