μαιόομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[μαιεύομαι]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of a midwife, [[deliver]] a woman, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Jov.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>16.2</span>, cf. Plu.2.999c; ὑμέας ἀφροσύνη μαιώσατο, τόλμα δ' ἔτικτε <span class="title">AP</span>9.80 (Leon.); ἐμαιώσαντο νέον τόκον Εἰλείθυιαι <span class="title">IG</span> 14.967; of Hephaestus at the birth of Athena, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>19</span>: abs., [[practise midwifery]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.80</span>: in pass. sense, ὑφ' ἧς μαιωθεῖσα <span class="bibl">Apollod. 1.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of the mother, [[to be delivered of]], ἣν… οὐ μαιώσατο μήτηρ <span class="bibl">Coluth.181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>4.437</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of a nurse, [[suckle]], <b class="b3">μαζῷ τινα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8.186</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Act. only late, of dawn [[bringing forth]] day, <span class="bibl">Jo.Gaz.1.58</span>.</span>