1. Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia — Chantraine
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Εἰλείθυια
eileithuia
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What it meant
2. Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia — LSJ
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.
parturition, in pl., Opp. H. 1.477, al.; offspring, ib. 4.505.
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.)
In the wild
- Εἰλειθυίῃ · Eileithyiēi Herodotus, Histories 4.35.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4301)
- Εἰλείθυιαν · Eileithyian Theogony 922–923
- Εἰλείθυιαι · Eileithyiai Iliad 11.270
- Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia Iliad 16.187
- Εἰλειθυίας · Eileithyias Iliad 19.119
- Εἰλείθυια · Eileithyia Iliad 19.103
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Εἰλείθυια (scan p. 332; entry #2298).