μαιευτικός
maieutikos
skilled in midwifery
Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μαιευτικός, ή, όν, A. skilled in midwifery, ib.151c; ἡ μαιευτικὴ τέχνη or ἡ -κή alone, art of delivery, Plt. 268b; esp. metaph. of the Socratic method of eliciting from others what was in their minds without their knowing it, Tht. 161e, 3.49sq.; οἱ μ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as Alc. 1, La., Ly., Thrasyll.ib.59. Adv. -κῶς 4.208.
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