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Εἰλείθυια

eileithuia

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What it meant

1. Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia — Chantraine

Εἰλείθυια : f. nom de la déesse des accouchements, souvent employé au pluriel (Hom., ion.-att.). Nombreuses variations orthographiques : ’Exetuix (Pi., inscriptions à Delphes, Astypalée, οἷο), EtAñ@via (inser. de Paros, Caïl., Paus.}, Ἐϊλεύθυια (crét.)}, ᾿Ελευθέη (Paros), avec traitement dialectal du 6, ᾿Ελευσία (lacon.}, Εἰλείθεια {béot.}. En outre ᾿Ελευθώ (AP 7,604, etc.) avec le suffixe des noms de femmes en -& … — [Chantraine, s.v. Εἰλείθυια, p. 332]

2. Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia — LSJ

she that comes, Ilithyia

she that comes in need, a participial form) Ilithyia, the goddess of child-birth, pl. in Hom., Il. 11.270, 19.119, sg. in Hes. Th. 922, etc.

II parturition, offspring

parturition, in pl., Opp. H. 1.477, al.; offspring, ib. 4.505.

2

metaph., σταφυλὴ βότρυος εἰ. Nonn. D. 16.203. (There are numerous varieties of spelling, e.g. Ἐλείθυια Pi. P. 3.9, N. 7.1, SIG 602 (Delph.), IG 3.1320, etc.: Ἐλείθυα ib. 12(3).192 (Astypalaea): Εἰλήθυια (q.v.) IG 12(5).197 (Paros, prob.), Call. Del. 132, AP 6.200 (Leon.), Paus. 2.5.4, etc.: Ἐλευθία, Ion. -ίη, GDI 4584 (Hippola), IG 12(5).187 (Paros): Lacon. Ἐλευσία ib. 5(1).236: Cret. Ἐλεύθυια GDI 5149, al.: Boeot. Εἰλείθεια, Εἰλείθ-ια, IG 7.2228, 3410; cf. Εἰλιόνεια, Ἐλευθώ.)

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Εἰλείθυια (scan p. 332; entry #2298).

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