- Εἰλείθυια
- Εἰλείθυια, ἡ, (ἐλυθ-A 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, 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. [full] Ἐλείθυια Pi. P.3.9, N.7.1, SIG602 (Delph.), IG3.1320, etc.: [full] Ἐλείθυα ib.12(3).192 ([place name] Astypalaea): [full] Εἰλήθυια (q.v.) IG12(5).197 (Paros, prob.), Call. Del.132, AP6.200 (Leon.), Paus.2.5.4, etc.: [full] Ἐλευθία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, GDI 4584 ([place name] Hippola), IG12(5).187 ([place name] Paros): [dialect] Lacon. [full] Ἐλευσία ib.5(1).236: Cret. [full] Ἐλεύθυια GDI5149, al.: [dialect] Boeot. [full] Εἰλείθεια, [suff] εἰλᾰπῐν-ια, IG7.2228, 3410; cf. Εἰλιόνεια, Ἐλευθώ.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.