μαιευτικός
μαι-ευτικός, 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 , 3.49s q.; οἱ μ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as Alc. 1 , La., Ly., Thrasyll.ib. 59 . Adv.- κῶς 4.208 .