μαι-ευτικός,ή,όν,
A. skilled in midwifery, ib. 151c ;ἡ μαιευτικὴ τέχνηorἡ -κήalone, artof delivery, Id. Plt. 268b ; esp. metaph. of the Socratic method of eliciting from others what was in their minds without their knowing it, Id. Tht. 161e , D.L. 3.49s q.;οἱ μ. διάλογοιof Plato, such as Alc. 1 ,La., Ly., Thrasyll.ib. 59 .Adv.- κῶς
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