LSJ
= μαιεύομαι, of a midwife, deliver a woman, Call. Jov. 35, Luc. DDeor. 16.2, cf. Plu. 2.999c; ὑμέας ἀφροσύνη μαιώσατο, τόλμα δ’ ἔτικτε AP 9.80 (Leon.); ἐμαιώσαντο νέον τόκον Εἰλείθυιαι IG 14.967; of Hephaestus at the birth of Athena, Corn. ND 19; abs., practise midwifery, Sor. 1.80; in pass. sense, ὑφ’ ἧς μαιωθεῖσα Apollod. 1.4.1. of the mother, to be delivered of, ἣν… οὐ μαιώσατο μήτηρ Coluth. 181, cf. Nonn. D. 4.437, etc. of a nurse, suckle, μαζῷ τινα ib. 8.186. Act. only late, of dawn bringing forth day, Jo.Gaz. 1.58.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
Pape
= μαιεύομαι, entbinden, von der Hebamme gesagt, bes. bei Sp.; τὰς τεκούσας ἐμαιοῦτο, Luc. D.D. 16.2 ; οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν Εἰλείθυιαν μαιώσεταί σε, ib. 18.1 ; Plut. u. A. übertr., ὑμέας ἀφροσύνη μαιώσατο τόλμαδ' ἔτικτε, Leon.Alex. 2 IX.80); Coluth. 130. – Von der Amme gesagt, μαιώσατο μαζῷ, Nonn. D. 8.186.
Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)
TBESG
Dep.
to deliver a woman, [
Refs 2nd c.AD,
variant datesAnthology Palantina = μαιεύομαι (ML)
Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars