μαιευτικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, [[skilled in midwifery]], ib.<span class="bibl">151c</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ μαιευτικὴ τέχνη</b> or <b class="b3">ἡ -κή</b> alone, art [[of delivery]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268b</span>; esp. metaph. of the Socratic method of eliciting from others what was in their minds without their knowing it, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>161e</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.3.49s</span>q.; <b class="b3">οἱ μ. διάλογοι</b> of Plato, such as <span class="title">Alc.</span> 1, [[La.]], [[Ly]]., Thrasyll.ib.59. Adv. -κῶς <span class="bibl">Poll.4.208</span>.