Eileithyia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.

Word forms

Eileithyia Ilithyia Eleuthia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).

Related words

Eilithyia
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