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                    "description": "(μαῖα I. 3) <b>serve as a midwife, act as one<\/b>, D.S. 19.34; ἡ Ἄρτεμις μ. Luc. <i>DDeor.<\/i> 26.2.<br\/><b>cause delivery to take place<\/b>, ἱκανὴ ἔκπληξις μαιεύσασθαι πρὸ τῆς ὥρας Philostr. <i>VA<\/i> 1.5. c. acc., <b>bring to the birth<\/b>, Marin. <i>Procl.<\/i> 6; ὄρνιθας μ.<br\/><b>hatch<\/b> chickens, Anon. ap. Suid. ; <b>αἰετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι, <i>prov.<\/i><\/b> of taking vengeance on a powerful enemy, Ar. <i>Lys.<\/i> 695 (cf. Sch.).<br\/><b>deliver<\/b> a woman, esp. <i>metaph<\/i> in Pl. of the Socratic method, <i>Tht.<\/i> 149b. <i>Act.<\/i>, Poll. 4.208, Sch. Oppian. <i>H.<\/i> 4.506; — Pass., τὰ ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ μαιευθέντα <b>brought into the world<\/b> by me, Pl. <i>Tht.<\/i> 150e, cf. Philostr. <i>VA<\/i> 5.13."
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