λοχεία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A child-birth, childbed, E.IT382, Call.Del.251; τὴν λ. εἴληχε she presides over child-birth, Pl.Tht.149b: in pl., Id.Plt.268b; of flowers, ἐπ' εὐκάρποισι λοχείαις AP10.16 (Theaet.); f.l. in E.IT206 (lyr.) for λόχιαι.    II = λόχευμα 1, APl.4.132 (Theodorid.).    III = ἀρτεμισία, Ps.-Dsc.3.113.