μαιεύομαι — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

μαιεύομαιmid.vbμαῖα act as a midwifePl.w.acc.to a woman in labourPl.of a dung-beetle, in an Aesopic fableto an eagleAr. fig., of Socratesact as a midwifein bringing ideas to birthPl.w.acc.to a mangiving birth to an ideaPl. pass.of offspring, fig.ref. to ideasbe brought to birthw.prep.phr.by SocratesPl.

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to serve as a midwife

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