Εἰλείθυια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἐλυθ]]- <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[she that comes]] in need, a participial form) <span class="title">Ilithyia</span>, the goddess of child-birth, pl. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.11.270</span>, <span class="bibl">19.119</span>, sg. in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>922</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[parturition]], in pl., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.477</span>, al.; [[offspring]], ib.<span class="bibl">4.505</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">σταφυλὴ βότρυος εἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>16.203</span>. (There are numerous varieties of spelling, e.g. Ἐλείθυια <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>3.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>7.1</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>602 (Delph.), <span class="title">IG</span>3.1320, etc.: Ἐλείθυα ib.12(3).192 (Astypalaea): Εἰλήθυια (q.v.) <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).197 (Paros, prob.), <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Del.</span>132</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.200 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Paus.2.5.4</span>, etc.: Ἐλευθία, Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, <span class="title">GDI</span> 4584 (Hippola), <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).187 (Paros): Lacon. Ἐλευσία ib.5(1).236: Cret. Ἐλεύθυια <span class="title">GDI</span>5149, al.: Boeot. Εἰλείθεια, εἰλᾰπῐν-ια, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2228, 3410; cf. <b class="b3">Εἰλιόνεια, Ἐλευθώ</b>.) </span>